Shawn McAvinue

Downcast calves feeding on a winter crop and turnips tumbling into a waterway proved to be turning points for the owners of a sheep and beef station in Northern Southland.

A Southland contractor is calling on an international technology company to give its clients a refund after a satellite failure hampered his GPS-guided tractors.

Families with a proud history of hardship, perseverance and success will be honoured at the New Zealand Century Farms and Station Awards in Lawrence this month.

More than 40 people attended a seminar called Loyal to Soil in Dunedin last week.

Registrations are now open for the Southern Field Days in Waimumu for three days from February 14 next year. 

More than 120 people attended a Beef + Lamb field day on Awatere Station in Waikaia last week.

Shawn McAvinue talks to triallist Alex Delay (27), the winner of the heading dog event at the Black & Tan Young Guns run-off at Jeff Farm between Mataura and Clinton earlier this...

The Tokomairiro Ploughing Association hosted the 68th New Zealand 2023 Ploughing Championships in Milton last week.

About 30 judges scrutinised the plots at the 68th New Zealand 2023 Ploughing Championships in Milton last week.

Splitting the soil is easy — putting it back together is the real skill, Taieri ploughman Murray Grainger says.

About 100 people attended back-to-back calf sales at five stations in Upper Clutha last week. 

Southland student George Heenan anticipates a bright future working in the red meat sector.

More than 1000 heifers and steers were on offer at the Omakau 2nd Calf Sale in Central Otago last week. 

Shawn McAvinue talks to Upper Manuherikia Young Farmers Club president Hope Oliver between droving a herd of cattle at the Omakau Second Calf Sale in Central Otago last week.

The Allison family have been tilling the soil on their family farm in Clutha for nearly 140 years.

A West Otago dairy trainee is on a path to reach her full potential in the dairy industry.

Dairy farming is "quicker and bigger" in New Zealand, a British expat milking cows in West Otago says.

Western Southland sharemilkers Michael and Shahn Smith are reaching for the stars.

A series of workshops to help farmers get their intensive winter grazing consents sorted is being extended.