http://www.calmabakertrust.org/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.calmabakertrust.org en-us Mon, 16 Mar 2026 03:22:49 +1300 Rocketspark http://www.calmabakertrust.org/blog/post/94888/limestone-downs-open-day-2021/ Date: Tuesday 16 February 2021Start time: 10.00 am at Woolshed Speakers will present in the morning. There will be a farm tour in the afternoon. Topics to be covered: 10.20 - Farm performance – Paul Mahoney and Mike Sarich 10.50 - Proof that sheep don’t like wet feet – Rene Corner Thomas (Massey University) 11.10 - Knowing when blowfly numbers are going to explode – Paul Brett (Massey University) 11.30 - How much soil is lost following winter crop grazing on... Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.calmabakertrust.org/blog/#post94888 http://www.calmabakertrust.org/blog/post/94889/east-of-england-agricultural-society/ Trustees Robin Boyes and Simon Taylor presenting  first prize to the Newton Rigg 2nd Team who won the College Challenge stock judging competition at the annual show on 30 November 2019. The C. Alma Baker Trust sponsors the show each year which brings teams from all over the United Kingdom to to be involved in a stock judging competition.... Tue, 26 May 2020 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.calmabakertrust.org/blog/#post94889 http://www.calmabakertrust.org/blog/post/94890/rural-living-article-on-limestone-downs/ Limestone Downs Farm is famous the world over for being a location in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. But Peter Jackson wasn’t the first to recognise its outstanding natural beauty – around the time that Tolkien was writing his epic novel, moves were already afoot to preserve the land in posterity. ANGELA KEMP reports. Chances are if you’ve fl own south from Auckland Airport you’ll have had a bird’s eye view of Limestone Downs. It lies some 15kms south of Port Waikato in steep hill coun... Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.calmabakertrust.org/blog/#post94890 http://www.calmabakertrust.org/blog/post/94891/postgraduate-scholarships-awarded-to-massey-university-students/ A number of PhD Scholarships funded by the Trust were awarded recently to Massey University students. The awards were presented by Professor Hugh Blair, a Director of C. Alma Baker Trust (NZ) Ltd.... Fri, 09 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.calmabakertrust.org/blog/#post94891