Sally Rae

''You wouldn't get a better landscape. Green is as much a part of it as the tawny brown landscape in the background. What are they worrying about? It fits in.''

Barry Shepherd remembers the days when he used to shoot rabbits on a property which is now Doug McIntyre's dairy farm.

Kees Zeestraten has spent close to $3 million trying to get water to irrigate Ohau Downs.

A Maori business category has been added to this year's Audacious business challenge.

Nicki Hanning has whipped up all sorts of things in her kitchen - including several businesses.

When it comes to appointments to boards and senior management roles in New Zealand, Helen Darling says it is about the best person for the job.

For Sharon Angus, there is nothing quite like a challenge.

Farmers have supported a remit from Meat Industry Excellence seeking funding from Beef and Lamb New Zealand to continue the group's quest for industry reform.

Negotiations continue between the Meatworkers and Related Trades Union and three meat companies.

An industry-wide effort is under way in Southland to combat the damaging clover root weevil, whose economic damage has been measured in hundreds of millions of dollars nationwide.

New Zealand's red meat industry is not ''on the way out'' but innovation, collaboration and development of market opportunities are needed to lift profitability, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says.

When Ronda Ridsdale signed up for Shave for a Cure, she decided to get as much exposure as she could.

Four finalists have been named for this year's Otago Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

When Cody Pickles goes to the dog trials, he takes his Gin with him.

A suggestion that a company, involving various stakeholders, be formed to buy Invermay has been described as a ''nice idea in theory'' but one that would probably not work in practice.

Alliance Group is launching a new season programme exporting lamb to Brazil following a successful trial last year.