Sally Rae

Mark Crawford is excited about his new role as a Ravensdown environmental consultant.

New Zealand milk producers need to structure their businesses and production systems to withstand ongoing high price volatility - for both dairy commodity prices and inputs, Rabobank dairy specialist Hayley Moynihan says.

A desire to find what was at the end of a long, dusty road led to Antonia Steeg's love affair with the high country.

Fonterra has to lift its game in food safety and quality, and also sustainability, chief executive Theo Spierings says.

If it were not for rabbiters, the Campbell family would not still be on Earnscleugh Station.

Young Maniototo farmer Duncan Elliot scored his biggest success to date at the recent Canterbury A and P Show in Christchurch.

Waitaki Irrigators Collective policy manager Elizabeth Soal will travel to Canada next year to study water management and beneficial farming practices.

Jim Jerram admits that establishing a vineyard in the Waitaki Valley has not been easy.

Representatives of China's largest pharmaceutical company have been in Dunedin this week to meet the team at Blis Technologies and learn more about its products.

A new partnership involving Dunedin's Upstart business incubator has been described as a ''game-changer'' for the start-up scene in Otago.

Silver Fern Farms chairman Eoin Garden has described the company's $28.6 million net operating loss after tax as ''very disappointing and unacceptable''.

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.