Mutton exports to China increase
Mutton exports to China increase
Mutton exports have risen significantly over the first quarter of the 2013-14 meat export season and China is the largest market.
Sally Rae
Young Farmers post 'best job in the world'
Young Farmers post 'best job in the world'
Biddy Huddleston's job is all about putting Young Farmers ''out there''.
Niche dog food that's delivered
Niche dog food that's delivered
Mighty Mix dog food has come a long way from being whipped up in a high-country kitchen.
Girls rule on South Otago dairy farm
Girls rule on South Otago dairy farm
Who needs a man?
Dairy prices movement encouraging for Fonterra
Dairy prices movement encouraging for Fonterra
Prices lifted 1.4% in this week's GlobalDairyTrade auction with an apparent convergence in product prices being cited as encouraging for Fonterra.
Bonds in China
Bonds in China
Fonterra has raised 1.25 billion Chinese renminbi (about $NZ250 million) through a five-year ''dim sum'' bond issue, to strengthen and support its China business.
Fed Farmers praises 'new attitude'
Fed Farmers praises 'new attitude'
Federated Farmers believes a ''new attitude'' shown by Environment Southland is starting to pay off and the regional council is now actively working alongside dairy farmers.
100 colourful years being marked by collie club
100 colourful years being marked by collie club
Central Otago's Lowburn Collie Dog Club marks a major milestone this week with the holding of its centennial trials on Friday and Saturday.
Passionate about venison and velvet
Passionate about venison and velvet
John Falconer describes New Zealand's deer farmers as being innovative, passionate and proud.
Silver Ferns' Shanghai move
Silver Ferns' Shanghai move
Silver Fern Farms is launching a branded retail range of lamb into Shanghai, with the first online sales expected in March.
OIO assent to buy dairy farms
OIO assent to buy dairy farms
Large-scale farming business Craigmore Farming has received Overseas Investment Office approval to buy two large dairy farms in North Otago.
Craigneuk ram sale achieves total clearance
Craigneuk ram sale achieves total clearance
A bumper ram sale in Maniototo this week resulted in a total clearance of the Duncan family's 239 rams on offer, for an average price of $1097.
Recall views differ
Recall views differ
Federated Farmers believes Fonterra's recall of thousands of bottles of cream shows the dairy giant's quality assurance systems work - but Labour says questions will again be raised about New Zealand's food safety systems.
Intermodal hub planned at Rolleston
Intermodal hub planned at Rolleston
Port of Tauranga has shown its cards over its move to take a 50% shareholding in PrimePort Timaru, with the purchase of land at Rolleston to develop an intermodal freight hub.
NZ meat must do better -farmers
NZ meat must do better -farmers
If New Zealand's red meat industry was a schoolchild, it would be the C+ pupil, Federated Farmers meat and fibre chairwoman Jeanette Maxwell reckons.
Commodity price index hits second-highest level
Commodity price index hits second-highest level
A 1% increase in the ANZ commodity price index last month has seen the index lift to its second-highest level on record.
Top ram's DNA revived 30 years on
Top ram's DNA revived 30 years on
Thirty years after his birth, two offspring of a Romney ram, owned by Otago stud breeder David Robertson, will go through the sale ring in Gore tomorrow.
Learning from judging competitions
Learning from judging competitions
Robert Gregory might be a relative newcomer to stock-judging competitions but he has quickly made a name for himself.
Getting red meat sector 'back on its feet'
Getting red meat sector 'back on its feet'
The red meat agricultural sector enters the new year at a crossroads. Agribusiness reporter Sally Rae looks back on 2013, a tumultuous year for the sector and hopes for tangible change this year to ensure a sustainable industry for all involved - but she wonders exactly how that change can be achieved.
Inside this hut you see the Sky
Inside this hut you see the Sky
Remote Dansey Pass boasts a hut with all the home comforts. Not only does it have the kitchen sink, it also has the ultimate in hut luxury - a flat-screen television, as Sally Rae reports.