New high for lamb index
New high for lamb index
The New Zealand dollar lamb index has reached the highest it has been within the ASB index, which dates back to 1993.
Sally Rae
US company to sell products on Fonterra online platform
US company to sell products on Fonterra online platform
United States dairy company DairyAmerica will begin selling dairy products on Fonterra's online auction site GlobalDairyTrade from October 4.
Orcon launches broadband phone 'game changer'
Orcon launches broadband phone 'game changer'
Orcon chief executive Scott Bartlett describes the launch of New Zealand's first mass-market device to put phone calls over broadband connections as a "game changer" for the country.
Fonterra setting up third China farm
Fonterra setting up third China farm
Fonterra is investing $US40 million ($NZ47 million) in developing a third dairy farm in China.
Interest in merino born in childhood
Interest in merino born in childhood
Jayne Rive attributes her love of merino sheep to growing up on remote Halfway Bay Station.
Initiative connecting alumni
Initiative connecting alumni
Thousands of former Otago secondary pupils are becoming involved in a novel initiative which organisers hope will result in future investment in the region and local economy.
Slight increase in demand for services
Slight increase in demand for services
Otago-Southland has improved marginally on its May result in a services industry activity index released yesterday, but remains in contraction for the sixth consecutive month.
'Fitting milestone' as CRT cracks $1b
'Fitting milestone' as CRT cracks $1b
Rural servicing co-operative CRT has cracked the billion-dollar mark - reporting turnover of $1.092 billion and an operating surplus of $8.4 million in the year to March 31.
Otago boasts best increase in rural property sales
Otago boasts best increase in rural property sales
Otago has recorded the strongest increase in rural property sales in New Zealand for May and June.
Inflation hits 21-year high at 5.3%
Inflation hits 21-year high at 5.3%
Inflation has hit a 21-year high of 5.3%, with fuel, food, travel and power prices pushing the consumers price index up 1% for the June quarter.
'Major new player' entering NZ wool market
'Major new player' entering NZ wool market
Australian wool buyer and exporter Viterra is expanding its wool business into the New Zealand market.
Stock judge wins NZ title
Stock judge wins NZ title
Olivia Ross proved she has an eye for stock when she won the New Zealand Young Farmers national stock judging competition.
Wills promises more collaborative approach
Wills promises more collaborative approach
"I'm still a sheep and cattle farmer from Napier. That will remain".
Challenge for rural butchers
Challenge for rural butchers
Demand for New Zealand meat and meat products might be good for farmers - but it is posing challenges for rural butchers, Federated Farmers rural butchers chairman Mike Hanson says.
Gran's makes tracks around the world
Gran's makes tracks around the world
Gran's Remedy crops up in some funny places, from a frigate bound for the Middle East, where a pottle of the remedy for smelly feet and footwear was spotted via breakfast television in a locker, to appearing on stage at the Fortune Theatre.
Log-stacking twins are chips off the old block
Log-stacking twins are chips off the old block
"Like pick-up sticks," is how Dunedin teenager Melissa Wallace describes stacking logs on boats for export.
Manufacturing falls in South
Manufacturing falls in South
Manufacturing activity in Otago and Southland slumped to 41.3 points in June from 58.4 points in the same month last year, the latest BNZ-Business NZ performance in manufacturing index results show.
Strong yield increases grape harvest by 23%
Strong yield increases grape harvest by 23%
A marked increase in New Zealand's grape harvest this year has been driven by strong yields and a young vineyard estate which continues to mature.
Oamaru teens turn vehicle into 'car pool'
Oamaru teens turn vehicle into 'car pool'
A group of young Oamaru men have brought a whole new meaning to the term "car pool".
Log exports surge on Chinese demand
Log exports surge on Chinese demand
<i>Carl Oldendorff</i> is all but obscured by stacks of export logs at Fryatt Street in the upper Otago Harbour in April this year. Photo by Gerard O'Brien.
Strong Chinese demand for logs has seen the value of New Zealand's forestry exports reach $4.4 billion for the year ending March 31 - up $800 million on the previous year.