Sally Rae

Fonterra director John Monaghan will not stand as a candidate in this year's Alliance Group supplier representative director election.

A bid to reintroduce a wool levy appears to have failed.

Blair Skevington's entrepreneurial streak was evident from an early age.

Matthew Slater has never thought too far ahead in his career.

Several of the biggest names in New Zealand shearing were in Waikouaiti on Thursday night for a particularly special speed-shearing event.

Dairy farming profitability is likely to be a hot topic at DairyNZ's annual meeting in Timaru on Thursday.

Dairy farmers might be facing a few challenges but the industry is resilient and it will work its way through them, ASB general manager for rural banking Mark Heer says.

Farmlands Co-operative Society Ltd has recorded an operating surplus of $23.5 million for the year to June, its first full year of trading.

Arjun Haszard reckons his Harpoon cold brew coffee concentrate could hit the spot this summer.

Wanaka farmer and vet Mandy Bell says she will make sure the Alliance Group takes ''definite steps'' towards restructuring and consolidating the red meat industry if she is elected to its board.

Long-serving Dunedin International Airport chief executive John McCall is looking forward to some adventures when he retires next year.

A commercial hovercraft operation in the Mackenzie district is getting closer to launch.

Rachel Wightman has found treasures in all sorts of unlikely places.

Bella Bloomfield has always been interested in helping other people.

North Otago student Hannah McCulloch is looking forward to a career in the arable industry.

Alpine Origin Merino, the joint venture between Silver Fern Farms and the New Zealand Merino Company, has been recognised at the New Zealand Food Awards.

They are affectionately dubbed the Beattie Brats 1, 2 and 3 by their mother.