Various functions and seminars are being planned throughout Otago to help rural communities affected by the recent adverse weather and also serve as social ''get-togethers''.
Seeing stories about the number of quad-bike fatalities in New Zealand got Steve Dawson thinking.
Farmers affected by ponding on the Taieri, under which grass is ''rotting away'', have discussed the issue with Otago Regional Council chief executive Peter Bodeker.
When Outram stock agent and farmer Geoff Edgar won the Doug Lindsay Memorial Trophy in the annual Otago-Southland beef competition, he admitted it gave him ''a bit of a kick''.
New Zealand's red meat industry needs to have the ''whole package'' when it comes to market presence, robust systems, strong relationships and corporate respect.
Sawmilling has always been a passion for Roger Stuart.
A programme to develop precision fertiliser application for hill country properties is expected to generate $120 million a year in economic benefits to New Zealand by 2030.
Synlait Milk Ltd is hoping to raise $75 million to help fund a variety of ''growth initiatives'' and repay debt, and the Canterbury milk processor's revenue is forecast to grow from $112 million in 2009 to $524 million in 2014.
When it comes to product endorsements, it does not get much better than this.
Rob Lawson was to sum up what FarmIQ had meant so far to the family's farming operation, it would be about ''doing the basics better''.
Ray Parker acknowledges he was exceptionally fortunate to have a ''lucky break'' early in his career.
The signing of $2.5 million worth of New Zealand Merino contracts by Japanese brand Nikke has been heralded as a significant deal.
It is not something that Otago Furniture manager Roye Haugh dwells on - but when she does take time to reflect on what has happened since the establishment of the business, she realises the enormity of it.
A significant slowdown in agricultural debt growth is being attributed to the strong New Zealand dollar, stagnant land prices, and a move to lower funding costs for a large number of farms.
Economists are feeling ''more confident'' that farm prices and sales activity are improving.
Working with a team of fellow university students from six countries in a global business competition was a ''great experience'', Sophie Pinto-Raetz says.
Waikato sheep farmer Ross Townshend has been appointed chief executive of Wools of New Zealand.
Side effect from an angel investment function in Oamaru has been the detection of a ''huge appetite'' from people wanting a better understanding of what it is all about, organiser Nicolas Erdody says.
On-farm productivity gains in the New Zealand sheep industry over the past 25 years have been an ''extraordinary story'', AbacusBio consultant Dr Peter Fennessy says.
Omarama farmers Dave and Lisa Anderson have discovered there is still a ''mentality'' when it comes to grazing lucerne