Ask dog-trialling enthusiast Ann Salkeld if there is any rivalry with her partner and fellow triallist Ray Jury and the answer is quick: "It's competitive, my oath."
Silver Fern Farms chief executive Keith Cooper has resigned as a director of Beef and Lamb New Zealand and the New Zealand Meat Board, questioning Beef and Lamb's future role and relevance.
A bill to deliver electronic national identification and tracing of livestock has passed its third and final reading in Parliament.
Sheep and beef farm profit in Otago and Southland on average is the highest in New Zealand, as the region capitalises on its high sheep predominance and performance.
While heightened macro-economic and geopolitical risks are likely to exert a strong influence on global agricultural markets, New Zealand agriculture, on balance, looks set for a generally positive year.
The Waitaki District Council has appointed Margy Gaynor as its first biodiversity co-ordinator.
Murray Cockburn likes nothing better than seeing previously unproductive farmland transformed into a productive oasis.
Tony Glynn and Sarah Perriam are on a mission.
When Fiona Walker found out she had been selected as a judge for the world shearing and woolhandling championships, she "did a jig" at the mailbox.
Dunedin firm Keogh McCormack has expressed significant concerns surrounding the lack of regulations in the property management industry. It believes monies are at greater risk than most landlords and tenants perceive, as Sally Rae reports.
In-market lamb prices are continuing to retreat from their record highs in mid-2011.
A speciality grocery retailer's decision to slash the price of milk to $1 a litre has been praised by Federated Farmers for "kicking off a supermarket price war" - at least in one location.
It is a big week in the South for shearers and woolhandlers.
Telford will host the Otago-Southland regional final of the National Bank Young Farmer Contest this Sunday.
New Zealand Wool Services International (WSI) has recorded a group net profit after tax of $1.801 million for the six months to December 31.
Grant and Cathy Watts are keen to encourage others to get involved in showing Highland cattle.
Australian sheep classer Gordon McMaster could have taken a very different career path - if it had not been for his father.
As a chartered accountant for more than 30 years, Dave McPhedran reached the stage where he wanted to offer more than just traditional accounting services.
Buyers from Waimate and Palmerstoncompeted with North Otago buyers for a small yarding of 2500 breeding ewes at the annual Oamaru ewe fair last week.
The latest in rural technology, equipment and ideas will be on display at the three-day Southern Field Days at Waimumu this month.