Shawn McAvinue

Labour has vowed to remove GST from fruit and vegetables next year in a bid to curb rising food costs.

The accolades continue for a long-serving southern scientist for his work supporting animal breeding and genetics.

Southland teenagers Fynn Mitchell and Dean Stewart recently left their respective sheep and beef farms to go on epic archipelago adventures.

As mortgage rates and on-farm inflation rise and commodity prices fall, a series of events are being held across Southland to help farmers navigate testing times.

If the weather plays its part, there will be ploughing matches in Northern Southland this weekend.

Shawn McAvinue asks Southern dairy farmers early last week how calving on their farm was progressing and how they would rate the season so far out of 10, taking into consideration a...

Southland will host four world shearing record attempts this summer.

An agribusiness teacher shortage is biting across New Zealand, a woman on a southern sojourn to attract more staff to the sector says.

As mortgage rates and on-farm inflation rise and commodity prices fall, a series of events are being held across Southland to help farmers navigate testing times.

A Taieri man with a rich history in the farming sector has been looking at life differently since his doctor gave him a dire diagnosis.

Anyone seeking a career in the agriculture sector should consider studying at the University of Otago, a group of students launching an association to explore the sector says.

Northern Southland farmer Nicky Thompson has been selected to judge the straight hunt at next year's South Island Dog Trial Championships.

Northern Southland farmer Nicky Thompson will judge the straight hunt at next year’s South Island Sheep Dog Trial Championships — the first woman to judge an island championship.

Taieri tractor mechanic Greg Bishop is a finalist in the 2023 New Zealand John Deere Technician of the Year Awards.

Southland Holstein Friesian breeders Robert and Annemarie Bruin have six heifers selected for the 2023 Discovery Project team.