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Confidence rises as dairy farmer sentiment improves: survey

Falling commodity prices and rising input prices continue to be the major concerns among those...

Confidence rises as dairy farmer sentiment improves: survey

Farmer confidence has rebounded strongly off the back of improved dairy farmer sentiment, the fourth quarter Rabobank rural confidence survey showed.

Silver Fern Farms appoints Boulton as chief executive

Silver Fern Farms appoints Boulton as chief executive

Silver Fern Farms’ chief supply chain officer Dan Boulton has been appointed to the meat company’s top job, and will take over as chief executive next year.

Rocket Ram project hopes to increase efficiency

North Otago ram breeder Dave Robertson with some of his Rocket Rams during his sale last week....

Rocket Ram project hopes to increase efficiency

Forget Elton John — Dave Robertson is the new Rocket Man.

Jewel of a garden unlikely venue for annual ram sale

Jennifer (J.J.) Rendell in the garden of Brookfield Park, near Oamaru. PHOTO: SHANE REES

Jewel of a garden unlikely venue for annual ram sale

To be fair, there would not be many ram sales in New Zealand that are held next to a gravestone for Santa Claus.

Rocket Rams hoped to increase efficiency

Forget Elton John — Dave Robertson is the new Rocket Man.

Happy to expand with diner and deli

"Hospitality - we’re into it." Whitestone Cheese's Simon Berry smiles broadly as he surveys the surroundings of the North Otago success story’s latest venture - a diner and deli in north Oamaru which opened this week.

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$280K out of pocket: Liquidation destroys dream

Callum Buchanan and Kirsten Chamberlain have been put though an emotional wringer over their new...

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$280K out of pocket: Liquidation destroys dream

A Dunedin woman says she felt sick "twice over" after having to tell her husband the company building their dream home had gone bust on the same day he was having surgery for throat cancer.

Feeling lucky with a life on the waves

Tane Fisher at the helm of Te-Maree. PHOTOS: STEPHEN JACQUIERY

Feeling lucky with a life on the waves

Bluff fisherman Tane Fisher never tires of his expeditions to Fiordland to catch crayfish destined mostly for the Chinese market. He talks to Sally Rae about a career on the water.

Rural champion celebrates

Rural champion celebrates

Otago Daily Times/Rural Life Year of the Farmer competition winner Myfanwy Alexander held a Year of the Farmer celebration at her Duntroon home last week.

Companies’ C&ESG ratings released

More companies are reporting and setting targets around carbon emissions according to Forsyth...

Companies’ C&ESG ratings released

The property sector has shown the biggest improvement over the past year among the companies monitored in Forsyth Barr’s second Carbon, Environmental, Social and Governance ratings report.

Dream job leads to life membership

Real Estate Institute of New Zealand life member Liz Nidd, of Wanaka. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Dream job leads to life membership

"It’s a job that, for me, has been a dream and I still love it."

Work on rural programme recognised

Olivia Weatherburn receives the Amabel Fulton APEN Award from Jeff Coutts during a conference in...

Work on rural programme recognised

Designing and developing the Generation Next programme has been Olivia Weatherburn’s proudest achievement at Beef + Lamb New Zealand.

Feeling lucky with a life on the waves

Tane Fisher at the helm of Te-Maree. PHOTOS: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

Feeling lucky with a life on the waves

Bluff fisherman Tane Fisher never tires of his expeditions to Fiordland to catch crayfish destined mostly for the Chinese market.

Celebrating coming out on top

Otago Daily Times/Rural Life Year of the Farmer competition winner Myfanwy Alexander held a Year of the Farmer celebration at her Duntroon home last night.

Travel resurgence aids Skyline

Some of Skyline Queenstown’s 36 10-seater Doppelmayr gondola cabins pictured from the upper...

Travel resurgence aids Skyline

A resurgence in travel has delivered "very good numbers" to Skyline Enterprises’ properties and Skyline Queenstown has recovered the two months of lost earnings due to the gondola changeover, half-year financial results show.