Profit pleases WSI
Profit pleases WSI
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.
Sally Rae
Highland breeders encourage others
Highland breeders encourage others
Grant and Cathy Watts are keen to encourage others to get involved in showing Highland cattle.
Life on land change of tune
Life on land change of tune
Australian sheep classer Gordon McMaster could have taken a very different career path - if it had not been for his father.
Helping business owners achieve goals
Helping business owners achieve goals
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.
Dairying means few ewes offered
Dairying means few ewes offered
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.
Wool press on display
Wool press on display
The latest in rural technology, equipment and ideas will be on display at the three-day Southern Field Days at Waimumu this month.
Monthly increase in CPI of 1.2%
Monthly increase in CPI of 1.2%
The ANZ commodity price index has registered its first monthly increase since May last year, rising 1.2% in January.
Student launches lecture notes sharing site
Student launches lecture notes sharing site
University of Otago commerce student Hayden Kerrisk admits to being "not much of a note-taker".
Bumper crop season
Bumper crop season
Excellent crop yields are being achieved by Biodiesel New Zealand's farmer suppliers this season, with about half the 2012 autumn oilseed rape crop harvested.
KiwiNet expertise database lauded
KiwiNet expertise database lauded
KiwiNet has launched an online innovation database which will enable businesses, entrepreneurs and investors globally to view a diverse range of technologies and expertise in New Zealand's research organisations.
Service sector activity mixed
Service sector activity mixed
The service sector returned to a a more subdued level of expansion in December, the latest BNZ-BusinessNZ performance of services index shows.
Reserve bank governor stepping down
Reserve bank governor stepping down
Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard will step down from the role in September.
Government could have faced lawsuit
Government could have faced lawsuit
The New Zealand Government could have faced an international law suit for breaching its free trade agreement with China if it had declined the Shanghai Pengxin purchase of the Crafar farms, University of Auckland law professor Jane Kelsey believes.
Juniors catered for at rodeo
Juniors catered for at rodeo
There will be a whole lot of hopping going on at the Southern Wide Tough Enough To Wear Pink rodeo at Waikouaiti on Saturday.
Positive outlook for cattle markets
Positive outlook for cattle markets
Rabobank is predicting continued strength in cattle markets globally this year, with the potential for "double-digit" gains again.
Winners hosting field day
Winners hosting field day
The 2011 Lincoln University Foundation South Island Farmer of the Year winners, Raymond and Adrienne Bowan, will host a field day on their South Canterbury property in March.
Aorangi winner gains experience
Aorangi winner gains experience
It was a baptism of fire for university student Caleb Strowger when he took part in his first regional final of the National Bank Young Farmer Contest last year.
Who's creaming it?
Who's creaming it?
None of the proposed changes to the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act will reduce the retail price of milk, Federated Farmers dairy chairman Willy Leferink says.
Flying the flag for lucerne
Flying the flag for lucerne
Prof Derrick Moot is unashamedly a champion of lucerne.
Waitaki wine praised
Waitaki wine praised
In the tiny wine-producing region of the Waitaki Valley, there is no place for anything but excellence and "that's a wonderful challenge", Jim Jerram says.