Oamaru teens turn vehicle into 'car pool'
Oamaru teens turn vehicle into 'car pool'
A group of young Oamaru men have brought a whole new meaning to the term "car pool".
Sally Rae
Log exports surge on Chinese demand
Log exports surge on Chinese demand
<i>Carl Oldendorff</i> is all but obscured by stacks of export logs at Fryatt Street in the upper Otago Harbour in April this year. Photo by Gerard O'Brien.
Strong Chinese demand for logs has seen the value of New Zealand's forestry exports reach $4.4 billion for the year ending March 31 - up $800 million on the previous year.
Prime lambs return record sale prices
Prime lambs return record sale prices
Record prices for prime lambs at southern stock sales are giving farmers something to smile about after last year's shocking season when up to a million lambs died in freezing conditions.
There's nothing like a bit of sibling rivalry
There's nothing like a bit of sibling rivalry
The TeenAg competition, held in conjunction with the Young Farmer Contest in Masterton last week, was won by James Gardyne (17) and Robert Gregory (16) from St Peter's College in Gore, who beat their siblings Allan Gregory and Richard Gardyne.
Wool farmers' group in counterbid
Wool farmers' group in counterbid
Wool Equities Ltd has secured "significant funding" to make a rival bid for New Zealand Wool Services International (WSI).
Young coffee devotee enjoys tweet success
Young coffee devotee enjoys tweet success
Camille Strowger is no twit.
Bankable attribute: a love of the land
Bankable attribute: a love of the land
Young rural banker Cath Lyall is bound for Adelaide. Miss Lyall (28) was named 2011 New Zealand Young Rural Achiever at the Royal Agricultural Society of New Zealand's recent conference.
Effluent compliance rates pleasing
Effluent compliance rates pleasing
Effluent compliance rates for Otago dairy farms last season were "pretty good" overall, Otago Regional Council senior environmental officer Richard Lord says.
Growth rates beefed up in a simple herd home
Growth rates beefed up in a simple herd home
When Mike Elliot could not get the growth rates he desired through winter to finish beef cattle - despite feeding as much as they wanted to eat - he looked for an alternative.
Feeding triplet-bearing ewes more pays dividends
Feeding triplet-bearing ewes more pays dividends
There is a "whole heap of untapped potential" in feeding triplet-bearing ewes better, Mararoa Station manager Tim Smith believes.
Deer progeny initiative
Deer progeny initiative
A deer progeny test under way is a new initiative for the industry.
Alliance awarded funding for wool project
Alliance awarded funding for wool project
Southland-based meat processor Alliance Group is one of seven successful applicants to benefit from a funding boost of more than $500,000 for entrepreneurial wool projects.
Red meat strategy co-ordinating group setup
Red meat strategy co-ordinating group setup
A red meat sector strategy co-ordinating group has been formed to promote, advise, monitor and report on the implementation of the sector's strategy, which is aimed at almost doubling the value of the sector's earnings.
Sale of Gillies sees heat back on
Sale of Gillies sees heat back on
Things are hotting up at Gillies Heating.
Freight-management bid to boost competitiveness
Freight-management bid to boost competitiveness
A freight-management company has been launched by Fonterra and Silver Fern Farms, servicing about one third of all containers leaving New Zealand.
Prices at wool sale still up
Prices at wool sale still up
Prices for most wool types continued their upward trajectory at last week's combined sale of North Island and South Island wool in Christchurch, despite an unfavourable currency factor.
Owner has double success with Limousin steer
Owner has double success with Limousin steer
Evan Ferris, of Waikaia, has won overall champion in the annual Otago-Southland beef competition.
Environmental winners
Environmental winners
Southland farmers Grant and Bernadette Weller have been named the national winners of the 2011 Ballance farm environment awards.
Ex-Otago student off to Harvard
Ex-Otago student off to Harvard
University of Otago graduate Sara Burgess - now working at the Fonterra Research Centre in Palmerston North - has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship.
Former land girl honoured for wartime service
Former land girl honoured for wartime service
How times have changed since Edna Horsnell was a land girl.