CRT chairman Don McFarlane might be feeling ''a lot more confident now'' than at the start of the proposed Farmlands merger process but, as he acknowledges, the final decision rests with shareholders.
The $5 million development of the former Glendermid Leathers tannery site at Sawyers Bay, in the lower left of this aerial photograph, remains on track for completion in mid to late June this year.
At Dunedin's Rob Roy Dairy, there is a condition among staff known as ''ice cream arm''.
Ram breeders who have stuck with the sheep industry are the ones who are ''pretty passionate about it'', Min Bain believes.
When Robin Gamble turned up to work at National Mortgage as a fresh-faced school-leaver, little did he know he would still be in the stock and station industry 50 years later.
Joel Salatin, described as an American biological farming guru, is running a two-day workshop in Wanaka at the end of the month.
Third-generation Southland dairy farmer Gerald Spain acknowledges farmers in the region are highly regulated ''whether rightly or wrongly''.
Moves by Fonterra and the Ministry of Primary Industries following the agrichemical scare appear to have largely assured markets that New Zealand dairy products are safe, Westpac economist Nathan Penny says.
Dramatic structural change is first required beyond the farm-gate in the wool industry if the economics of sheep farming are to improve, ANZ economists say.
Ask Greg Kirkwood what he loves about the dairy industry and he says: ''You don't know where you're going to end up.''
Dawn Sangster is an advocate for rural women developing their leadership skills.
Warren Taylor's goal for his new business venture is to achieve ''significantly better'' outcomes for Dunedin businesses and families.
A split industry is highlighted in the latest Federated Farmers' farm confidence survey, with confidence continuing to sink in the sheep, beef and grain sectors.
Negotiating with potential customers in bustling Asian cities is a far cry from collecting herbs in the tranquil Central Otago landscape.
Winton dairy veterinarian and mastitis consultant Kath Taylor is among six finalists in the 2013 Dairy Women of the Year Award.
Clarendon breeder pays top price for ram, wins fleece awardsIT has been a good couple of weeks for Kate McLachlan's black and coloured sheep stud.
Tractors, motorbikes, farm machinery and dancing girls will all be on display at the Southfuels Farmarama at Lawrence on February 7 and 8.
More than 190 workers at Summit Wool Spinners in Oamaru are being made redundant with the sale of the troubled woollen mill - the town's second largest employer - to carpet manufacturer Godfrey Hirst.
Cutting overcapacity in the meat industry is the ''wrong argument'', and instead the sector needs to grow and fill global markets, Federated Farmers meat and fibre chairwoman Jeanette Maxwell believes.
New Zealand export wine growth has slowed and will soon begin to dip on lower available supply from the 2012 harvest, the latest Rabobank wine quarterly says.