Sally Rae

Organic Dairy and Pastoral Group chairman Glenn Mead says the results of the latest research report on the organic sector are ''very encouraging''.

When Amanda Hasselman returned home to Glenorchy after attending a leadership skills programme in Wellington, she admits her brain was ''fizzing''.

It's not every day that you get an email from Claudia Schiffer's nanny.

Sheep and beef farmers have given the seal of approval to co-fund the $65 million Collaboration for Sustainable Growth red-meat sector initiative, paving the way for the programme to proceed.

Irrigation has resulted in a major transformation of the Hawea Flat area.

Farmers are being urged to form a united front when the future of the red meat industry is discussed in Gore next week.

When Andrew Paterson visited a factory in the United States that turned his fine wool into socks, he came away feeling extremely positive about the future.

After 10 years flying fixed-wing aircraft doing agricultural work, Alister Lister could see the industry was changing.

New Zealand's red-meat sector is at a ''critical junction'' and farmers have given the message they want action to turn around the precarious situation, Beef and Lamb New Zealand chairman Mike Petersen says.

Sheep and beef farmers may be in for a tough time with profits predicted to halve this season as the full impact of lower lamb prices and widespread drought starts to hit home.