Taking a fresh look at winter grazing systems
Taking a fresh look at winter grazing systems
Cows creating compost in a former cheese factory and heifers and sheep feasting on swedes were stops on a tour of winter grazing systems in Southland.
Shawn McAvinue
Composting barns a warmer way in winter conditions
Composting barns a warmer way in winter conditions
Dairy farmer Ryan Sutherland bought his family's farm on the Taieri earlier this month. He talks to Shawn McAvinue about the benefits of composting barns and the value of life experience.
Fossil Creek Angus bull sale
Fossil Creek Angus bull sale
More than 70 black bulls were on offer at the 23rd annual Fossil Creek Angus bull sale in North Otago last week.
Edi-bull: June 21
Edi-bull: June 21
In the series, Shawn McAvinue asks the people making the food served at bull sales in the South to share their recipes.
Buyers ‘went home happy’ at sale
Buyers ‘went home happy’ at sale
Buyers came from across New Zealand to bid on black at the 23rd annual Fossil Creek Angus bull sale in North Otago last week.
Dealership reaches 65, set to open new branch
Dealership reaches 65, set to open new branch
Tractor dealership JJ Ltd is opening a new branch in Cromwell.
Crop contest raises $83K for causes
Crop contest raises $83K for causes
More than $80,000 was raised for the 2023 Taieri Winter Crop Competition and Charity Auction.
Top bull sells for $14,000
Top bull sells for $14,000
Bull Monymusk Quebec 210042 sold for the top price of $14,000 at the Monymusk Polled Herefords 35th annual bull sale in Te Anau.
Retirement beckons for stud owners
Retirement beckons for stud owners
Central Otago sheep and beef farmers Geof and Joyce Brown have sold their farm and are set to retire, ending a career of more than half a century breeding Hereford cattle.
Staying keen with the ‘gentleman’s farming system’
Staying keen with the ‘gentleman’s farming system’
Northern Southland organic dairy farmer Adrian Frei’s pursuit of happiness differs from others in the industry at his stage of life.
Cottage to become awards HQ
Cottage to become awards HQ
A fit-out of a historic Clutha cottage is under way to open a headquarters for the New Zealand Century Farms and Station Awards.
Quality genetics heading South
Quality genetics heading South
Some top Holstein Friesian genetics are heading South after dispersal sales across New Zealand.
Soil mapping project praised
Soil mapping project praised
A Southland vegetable grower is singing the praises of a project mapping soil types to help them make better management decisions.
Middlemarch next stop on wellness tour
Middlemarch next stop on wellness tour
Sheep and beef farmer and Country Living presenter Matt Chisholm is bringing his Time Out Tour to Middlemarch on Friday.
At the Earnscleugh bull sale
At the Earnscleugh bull sale
Sub-zero temperatures did not deter scores of people attending Earnscleugh Station’s 38th annual bull sale near Alexandra last week.
Black beauty
Black beauty
Rising 2-year-old bull Peters Angus 21241 sold for the top price of $12,000 at the Peters Angus 14th annual bull sale in Beaumont last week.
Edi-bull: Vic's ginger crunch
Edi-bull: Vic's ginger crunch
In a series, Shawn McAvinue asks the people making the food served at bull sales in the South to share their recipes.
Lay of the land
Lay of the land
New AgResearch modelling on the impacts of climate change on lamb survival and lambing date in the South shows a potential for farmers to be able to schedule lambing up to 20 days earlier than their current practice by 2040.
M Bovis a 'traumatic' time for former RST chair
M Bovis a 'traumatic' time for former RST chair
Central Southland dairy farmer John Kennedy finds it hard to talk about a tough period of his life.
An eye on the future
An eye on the future
Sheep and beef farmer Jimmy Hill has launched a Simmental stud in Teviot Valley.