Shawn McAvinue

Dairy farmer Cam Edgecombe bought deer property Black Forest Park to support his nearby sharemilking business on the Taieri.

An El Nino weather pattern is anticipated to bring hotter, drier and windier periods to East Otago this spring, resulting in drier soils and reduced&nbsp...

A shift to a long-term growth mindset will create value in the red meat sector, Silver Fern Farms chief executive Dan Boulton says.

New Zealand red meat exports hit a second consecutive monthly record in May, rising to $1.6 billion, Meat Industry Association data shows.

A casting call is out seeking farmers willing to be filmed for a year training a pup to work.

A Singaporean has bought a vineyard, which produces award-winning wines, near Cromwell.

A syndicate, including a Central Otago stud, bid $220,000 to win an Angus bull, setting an Australasian record for the highest price paid for any breed of bull.

A Poll Dorset stud will continue its more than 50 years of breeding history after returning to its roots in Macraes Flat.

Water quality is the biggest constraint to growth on dairy farms, a milk processor says.

Now is a good time to apply for a dairy farm conversion, a Southland consent planner says.

Certainty is necessary before approving finance for a farm conversion, a southern banker says.

Farmers seeking a consent for a land-use change should engage with their regional council early, an Environment Southland manager says.

A landscape is the "engine room" of a farm business and important to understand, a scientist says.

A solar system is building resilience on an expanding dairy farm in Southland.

South Canterbury farmer Colin Hurst is the new Federated Farmers national president.

Sustainable and responsible dairy growth is possible, Southland dairy farmers say.