Sally Rae

Brenda McLean reckons there is only one slight problem with alpacas - they are addictive.

Les McKenzie designed his first house while he was still at secondary school.

Federated Farmers chief executive Conor English hopes Fonterra's recent whey contamination scare is a ''turning point'' for New Zealand.

Dogs might be man's best friend but on many New Zealand farms they are also often their best employees.

New Zealand is open for business.

The Chinese Government may be looking to limit the number of infant milk formula brands sold in China.

The primary sector has been told the onus is on it to ''slow the encroachment'' of legislation by demonstrating the contribution it is making to the economy, communities and environment.

Farmlands Co-operative Society has released its first annual report since the merger of Farmlands and CRT earlier this year, recording $2.17 billion turnover in the year to June.

A mastitis product, developed through the nationally collaborative Mastitis Research Centre, involving researchers at the University of Otago, could result in significant savings to New Zealand's dairy industry.

They are passionate about pikelets at Quality Bakers in Dunedin.

After Brian Collins arrived in Queenstown for the opening of Pog Mahone's in 1998, he reckoned the smile did not leave his face for the next six months.

Oamaru-based Milligans Feeds has won a rural supply award for nutrition for the second consecutive year at the annual Farmlands awards evening.

Southland sheep and beef farmers Grant and Alison Kingsbury have no regrets about switching to organic farming.

Federated Farmers is urging farmers to vote in the upcoming Silver Fern Farms and Alliance Group director elections, describing them as ''historic'', given the moves to restructure the red meat sector.

Volatile returns for both meat and wool over many years highlight the need for change and a more collaborative approach from ''farm to floor'', Wools of New Zealand chairman Mark Shadbolt says.

It's beer, boys, but not as you know it.

A contingent of up to 40 Chinese primary producers and dairy industry representatives are among delegates attending the Global Food Safety Forum in Dunedin this month.

Barbara Annan admits she knew very little about farming when she found herself widowed with three young children and a station to run.