Shawn McAvinue

Palmerston Spring Cattle Sale vendor John Lozell declined multiple offers to buy his steers and heifers before bidding began.

Spores of a "devastating" livestock disease have been detected on five southern sheep farms, a scientist says.

Agricultural entrepreneur Alex de Boer has a long history of doing business in the South.

Ploughmen Mark Dillon, of Northern Southland, and Bob Mehrtens, of Timaru, represented New Zealand at the 70th World Ploughing Championship in the Czech Republic last...

Ploughmen Mark Dillon, of Northern Southland, and Bob Mehrtens, of Timaru, represented New Zealand at the 70th World Ploughing Championship in the Czech Republic last...

Well, that is a cherry on top.

Beef bull buyers will need to make higher opening bids at an upcoming bull sale at the southernmost Angus stud in the world due to a booming beef market.

The Henderson family, Steve and Tracy and their children (from left) Ruby, Gus and Annie, have bought their first dairy farm.

Testing calves for bovine tuberculosis (Tb) has begun on a Central Otago farm before a new livestock movement control area is introduced that will affect more than 100 properties.

Waitaki Valley farmer Richard Subtil has put virtual shepherd neckbands on his beef cows to keep them out of waterways and has discovered many more benefits.

South Canterbury sheep and beef farmers are "thinking outside the box" by applying compost created from garden and food waste collected from kerbside bins.

A swarm of drones have been deployed to kill a pest in Central Otago.

A true story of a South Canterbury boy becoming a cotton sales champion at an Australian campsite inspired his mother to write a book.

European ploughmen beat their southern counterparts at the 70th World Ploughing Contest in Prague this month.

South Canterbury sheep and beef farmers are "thinking outside the box" by applying compost created from garden and food waste collected from kerbside bins.

Waitaki Valley farmer Richard Subtil has put virtual shepherd neckbands on his beef cows to keep them out of waterways and has discovered many more benefits.

Unmanned aircraft are the future for agricultural spraying, engineer Scott Spooner says.

Farmers are good at turning sunlight into energy, Maniototo sheep, beef and deer farmer Becks Smith says.