Sally Rae

When Brian Swan left school in 1962, there was no doubt what he wanted to do for a career.

When it comes to farming, Barrie Wills is an advocate for striking the right balance between conservation and production.

Annabel Taylor feels privileged to serve the rural community.

2013 Upstart Director Award winner Mark Berryman and his wife Liz have been lured South by study opportunities at the University of Otago and the lifestyle. Sally Rae reports.

Although the overnight GlobalDairyTrade auction will have given the first indication of buyers' reaction to the Fonterra botulism scare, a clearer idea of ongoing market impact may not emerge until next month, Rabobank senior dairy analyst Hayley Moynihan says.

The full economic impact of Fonterra's infant formula contamination scare remains unclear, although some economists have suggested it may be short-lived.

Federated Farmers has made a plea for local authorities to focus on undertaking core activities efficiently and effectively and funding them in a fair way.

Queenstown entrepreneur Boyd Peacock wants people to get home safely.

''It's not the end for Invermay. It's not the end for Otago.''

Ian Wedge is calling time on his involvement with the North Otago A&P Association - after a 56-year contribution.

Three Southern cowboys are heading to Australia this month as members of a high school team to compete in a transtasman challenge.

It takes a special kind of chief executive to want to parade up and down George St dressed in a bright blue morphsuit, promoting his business and engaging with customers.

A 50c increase in Fonterra's forecast milk price for 2013-14 has been described as an ''overdraft clearer'', allowing farmers to pay back credit lines extended to them during widespread drought.

A two-year project involving the University of Otago to develop biomarkers for resistance and susceptibility to paratuberculosis in deer has gained $500,000 in funding.

Simon Brown is helping to bring the magic of vinyl back into music.

Westpac has upgraded its milk price forecast to $7.40 per kilogram of milk solids for the 2013-14 season, and suggested Fonterra could even ''go north'' of that.

By 5.30pm yesterday, there was just one word to describe how 82-year-old Naseby farmer Rex George was feeling.

Alena Schwartfeger may have had an urban upbringing but her heart is now firmly in the country.