Farming News

The Sutherland family, from Benmore Station, has been awarded the Otago Merino Association's clip-of-the-year title.

The Maclean family, of Omakau, will next year mark 60 years of breeding Southdown sheep.

Changes are inevitable. Not only is that now the motto of luxury Italian woollen fabric manufacturer Reda, but it was also a statement that was repeated during the New Zealand Merino Company's recent conference in Christchurch.

An ugly "reality check" looms for the dairy sector next season if Fonterra payouts are undermined by increasing global production, raising the prospect of indebted dairy farmers struggling to break even.

Gareth Dawson always knew he was going to pursue an outdoors career.

Richard Lang might be in only his first season in the dairy industry, but he is already making a name for himself.