Shawn McAvinue

A Southland farming leader is pointing the finger at animal rights activists over the disappearance of electric fence reels from winter-grazing paddocks.

Pine trees continue to be planted on farmland across the South, as the region increases its share of national exotic afforestation.

An Otago market garden is bucking a national productivity trend.

Shawn McAvinue talks to Southern Dairy Hub general manager Andrea Dixon about field days, winter grazing and being in her job for a year.

The government ruling that there are no grounds to review approval of the active ingredient in weedkillers is being celebrated by an arable farmer in Southland.

Mataura sheep, beef and arable farmer Zac Thomas has no regrets about leaving a career in the military to chase a dream of farm ownership.

Otago Polytechnic is trialling a new programme supporting students to imagine innovative ways to progress the strong wool industry.

Shawn McAvinue talks to Rockley Farms co-owner Katherine McCallum, of Balfour.

In a bid to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, Denmark will tax its farmers for the methane emissions from their cows, sheep and pigs from 2030, making it the first country in the world to...

South Otago contractor Craig Sinclair continues to nail fencing competitions.

Mataura sheep, beef and arable farmer Zac Thomas will represent the South at the Young Farmer of the Year grand final in Hamilton for three days.

A retired Otago farmer is calling on the government to maintain a ban on live exports despite once supplying sheep for the polarising practice.

Converntional cherry trees are on the way out, a Central Otago cherry growing adviser says.

Big bids on black bulls in Poverty Bay included a $115,000 price tag for a sire set to share his time between Waikato and Central Otago.

A Central Otago cherry grower is planting trees in his new orchard in a conventional three-dimensional system to minimise establishment costs.

Mysterious objects continue to land in cherry orchards in Central Otago.

Southland farmers are calling for an explanation on why the relationship between the deer industry and AgResearch is deteriorating.

Students in a new postgraduate qualification teaching about "farm-to-fork and beyond" are hungry to learn, a Dunedin professor says.