'Interest’ in formula plant
'Interest’ in formula plant
Mataura Valley Milk says it is confident of securing the 25-30 farmer-supplier shareholders needed by December for its new nutritional formula plant near Gore.
Sally Rae
Singer really is a country woman
Singer really is a country woman
Fanny Lumsden finds it ''hilarious'' that it is rare for a country singer to actually be from the country.
Where’s Welly?
Where’s Welly?
Last month, Welly the gumboot was dispatched from Bluff to travel the length of the country as part of an initiative by Mosgiel-based technology company TracMap.
Higher Japanese tariff to affect beef exports
Higher Japanese tariff to affect beef exports
Japan's move to increase tariffs on beef imports is a "spanner in the works" for New Zealand beef prices.
Neighbouring properties test negative for disease
Neighbouring properties test negative for disease
Results have confirmed nine of the farms bordering Van Leeuwen Dairy Group properties, all tested negative for cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.
Trainees bloom at botanic garden
'Huge sense of achievement' training apprentices
Otago Chamber of Commerce 4Trades facilitator Bruce Dunn reckons the Dunedin Botanic Garden is the best place in the country to do a horticultural apprenticeship.
Milk fat prices take a break
Milk fat prices take a break
A slowdown in milk fat prices may be temporary, as demand continues to surge and inventories are now very tight, ASB senior rural economist Nathan Penny says.
Farmers frustrated by waiting
Farmers frustrated by waiting
Frustration is evident among farmers as they await results from cattle being tested for the bacterial disease Mycoplasma bovis, without a timeline able to be given.
Vet praises farming group's reaction
Vet praises farming group's reaction
The vet who initially signalled the possibility of an outbreak of a bacterial disease not previously found in New Zealand says it's been an ''enormously stressful and harrowing experience'' for farmers.
Different bacon treatment pays off
Different bacon treatment pays off
Deep Creek Deli director Simon Tiefenbach wanted to do something ''completely different'' for this year's New Zealand Pork, Bacon and Ham awards.
Blue Sky upbeat despite loss
Blue Sky upbeat despite loss
Blue Sky Meats says it is ''looking ahead to greener pastures'' despite posting another $1.9 million net loss after tax for the year ending March.
‘Real opportunity’ to carve out niche
‘Real opportunity’ to carve out niche
It is time to refresh the red meat sector’s strategy, which is facing "headwinds", the industry’s conference was told yesterday. Sally Rae reports.
Land care relies on connections
Land care relies on connections
Improved land and water management practices require a collaborative approach by all parties, North Otago Sustainable Land Management's new co-ordinator Rob McTague believes.
Revised dairy forecast good news
Revised dairy forecast good news
Otago dairy farmers have received some good news with Fonterra bumping up its farm-gate milk price forecast by 25c for the 2018 season to $6.75.
Knee-deep and wanting to cry
Knee-deep and wanting to cry
"It's just the worst thing to happen to a farm," Taieri dairy farmer Katie Clark rues as she stands in knee-deep floodwater in front of her home.
Base set up to deal with disease outbreak
Base set up to deal with disease outbreak
The Ministry for Primary Industries is setting up a field office in Oamaru to provide a base to co-ordinate the response to the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak on a South Canterbury dairy farm.
LIC sells Deer Improvement as going concern
LIC sells Deer Improvement as going concern
LIC is selling its Deer Improvement subsidiary business, which includes a farm in Southland and more than 2000 animals.
Business helps to explain medical advice
Business helps to explain medical advice
Kim Chilman-Blair regularly receives messages from people saying how Medicine X - the business she founded - changed their life.
First instance of cattle disease
Rush to contain first instance of cattle disease in NZ
The Ministry for Primary Industries is working with a South Canterbury dairy farmer to contain a cattle disease that has been detected for the first time in New Zealand.
Silver Fern Farms in good place
Silver Fern Farms in good place
Silver Fern Farms chief executive Dean Hamilton says the business has never been in a stronger financial position.