Shawn McAvinue

A record-breaking number of students have applied to be part of the Growing Future Farmers programme next year but a lack of farm trainers is biting, especially in Otago and Canterbury.

A call is being made for farmers to "pledge a beast" to support a university rugby club in Dunedin.

Teviot Valley sheep and beef farmer Curtis Pannett is willing to wait for a lift in the price of strong wool.

A Central Southland bull and two cows were the stars of the inaugural Elk Wapiti Society of New Zealand online sale.

Shawn McAvinue talks to Riversdale conventional class ploughman Mark Dillon in the Czech Republic capital Prague in the leadup to the 70th World Ploughing Championship.

Average sale prices for hinds and weaner stags are up in the South despite velvet prices being down.

Shawn McAvinue talks to Riversdale conventional class ploughman Mark Dillon in the Czech Republic capital Prague in the leadup to the 70th World Ploughing...

Central Otago vineyard manager Damon Lovell is "over the moon" to be representing his region at the Young Viticulturist of the Year competition next week.

An upcoming plant and machinery sale is aiming to tackle the problem of a lack of premier players lacing up for a rugby club with a rich history in South Otago.

Animals eat more in winter, boosting sales for a North Otago pet food producer adding value to southern crops.

Rumenaut has developed technology to replicate an animal's digestive system, helping researchers to reduce methane on farms around the world — all from a Dunedin laboratory.

Prices for in-fawn hinds are down due to softer demand for velvet, a Southland deer farmers says.

In the final of a three-part series, Shawn McAvinue visits Southland dairy farms using different types of off-paddock infrastructure for calving, wintering, feeding and stand-off&nbsp...

Demand was hot at the Balclutha Winter Cattle Sale and some prospective buyers left empty-handed.

Reporter Shawn McAvinue asks southern dairy farmers for a tip on how to survive calving.

Nearly 15,000ha across three stations, the "heart" of a sheep and beef breeding and finishing business, is on the market in the South.