Sally Rae

East Otago teenager Lucy Bell is the latest recipient of the Hugh Williams Ravensdown Memorial university scholarship.

Westland Milk Products has dropped its forecast payout to $3.90-$4 for the 2015-16 season.

Farmers have rejected two remits put forward by Meat Industry Excellence to Beef + Lamb New Zealand's annual meeting.

AgResearch scientist Sara Edwards is on a quest to help find out why the reproductive performance of hoggets is so poor.

Graham Lee is hooked on his latest venture.

Helping people through the "demystification'' of health and safety is not about having endless ring binders on the shelf gathering dust, WorkSafe chief executive Gordon MacDonald says.

Penny Ronald has been doing a lot of woolly thinking lately.

Fonterra has signalled early dividend payments to help support cash-strapped farmers, while also announcing much improved half-year profit results.

For a group of Australian women cycling the Otago Central Rail Trail recently, it was a case of out of the oven and into the fridge.

Zealand's red meat sector will never achieve greatness if it continues to "fight and argue'', Beef + Lamb New Zealand chairman James Parsons says.

Winning the Glammies with their Perendale lamb entry was a "huge thrill'' for the Gardyne family from the Ida Valley.

Darcy Schack has added some spice to his life, writes Sally Rae.

Falling dairy payouts and lamb prices took a back seat yesterday, judging by the mood at the Southern Field Days at Waimumu.

Hopes of a rise in global dairy prices were dashed this week with a 2.9% overall fall in the GlobalDairyTrade auction.

Most dairy farmers will be able to find a way through the current downturn with support from communities, regions and banks, DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle says.

Startup Weekend is a great place to hatch a plan - just ask Phillipa Dick.

Meet the Muscle Mechanics - but there is neither a muscle car nor a grease-gun in sight.