Sally Rae

It would be fair to say Linda Barnes is a battler.

When Mirjam Wouters joined the trail on the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust's cavalcade this week, she was on the saddle with a different type of horsepower.

A top price of $3200 was achieved at an inaugural merino ram sale at Tarras, believed to be the first private polled merino ram auction in New Zealand.

It's a peach of a tree.

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.

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.

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.

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.