Meet Wiggy from Wales. Paul ''Wiggy'' Davies has been in North Otago working for shearing contractor Owen Rowland, having met Mr Rowland when he was over shearing in Wales.
When Rob and Katrina Kelly entered a 7-month-old calf in the New Zealand Dairy Event - the country's biggest dairy show - they were hoping to win the calf class.
Australian lamb and mutton exports surged last month, with lamb increasing 45% year-on-year to 15,200 tonnes and mutton up 79% on the previous January to 12,800 tonnes.
Mike Cornelissen not only brings home the bacon, he makes the tasty smoked pork in the traditional dry-cured way, then sells it in buttered sandwiches.
Federated Farmers national president Bruce Wills has urged strong wool growers to ''stand united'' and take ownership of their industry.
CRT chairman Don McFarlane says the company has received a strong mandate to proceed with the proposed Farmlands merger, following the first shareholder vote yesterday.
An increasing global focus on food security, along with strong trade links, are the key to future competitiveness of New Zealand agriculture, a newly released industry report says.
Olam International senior vice-president Raj Vardhan will be guest speaker at an agribusiness conference in Queenstown next month.
The rebuilding of Christchurch, coupled with current wool prices, should prove ''quite a positive'' for carpet manufacturer Cavalier Corporation, Craigs Investment Partners broker Peter McIntyre believes.
CRT chairman Don McFarlane might be feeling ''a lot more confident now'' than at the start of the proposed Farmlands merger process but, as he acknowledges, the final decision rests with shareholders.
The $5 million development of the former Glendermid Leathers tannery site at Sawyers Bay, in the lower left of this aerial photograph, remains on track for completion in mid to late June this year.
At Dunedin's Rob Roy Dairy, there is a condition among staff known as ''ice cream arm''.
Ram breeders who have stuck with the sheep industry are the ones who are ''pretty passionate about it'', Min Bain believes.
When Robin Gamble turned up to work at National Mortgage as a fresh-faced school-leaver, little did he know he would still be in the stock and station industry 50 years later.
Joel Salatin, described as an American biological farming guru, is running a two-day workshop in Wanaka at the end of the month.
Third-generation Southland dairy farmer Gerald Spain acknowledges farmers in the region are highly regulated ''whether rightly or wrongly''.
Moves by Fonterra and the Ministry of Primary Industries following the agrichemical scare appear to have largely assured markets that New Zealand dairy products are safe, Westpac economist Nathan Penny says.
Dramatic structural change is first required beyond the farm-gate in the wool industry if the economics of sheep farming are to improve, ANZ economists say.
Ask Greg Kirkwood what he loves about the dairy industry and he says: ''You don't know where you're going to end up.''
Dawn Sangster is an advocate for rural women developing their leadership skills.
