Shawn McAvinue

A group of South Auckland teenagers have been given a taste of rural life in West Otago.

The solid reputation of calves on offer at back-to-back sales on five stations in Upper Clutha attracted a good spread of buyers last week.

A dry summer "exacerbated" by a parched March has set records across the South, Niwa says.

Parts of the South have been the driest on record for the four past months.

Western Southland chef Cameron Davies is the only South Islander named to act as a leader, to drive innovation and creativity using New Zealand beef and lamb.

In a bid to awaken the soil on her Central Otago farm, Amanda Currie has turned her back on fertiliser, insecticides and pesticides.

Prices were up at an annual on-farm lamb sale near Kyeburn last week.

A family have no regrets moving more than 1000km south to own a bigger farm in East Otago.

Preparations are "full steam ahead" to host the South Island Sheep Dog Trial Championships near Alexandra next month.

Kyeburn Dog Trial Club held events on farmland on either side of State Highway 85 on March 22 and 23.

Two traditional butchers are setting up shop in Dunedin and calling on southern farmers to help them fill the chiller.

A loosening of rules means some Otago farmers no longer have to get their stock tested for bovine tuberculosis before moving them off-farm.

Maniototo man Dean Sinnamon’s new job allows him to pursue his passion for the red meat sector.

South Otago farmer Russell O’Hara had some beginner's luck on St Patrick’s Day.

A couple of teenage sweethearts are looking forward to retirement on their sheep and beef farm in South Otago.

A Niwa Hotspot Watch advisory this month lists South Island hotspots as the south coast of Otago, much of coastal Southland, and much of Stewart Island.

Growers of plump pumpkins are keeping mum about their progress as competition day looms in South Otago.

Dog triallists flocked to join the fun at a centennial event in West Otago early this month.

The calf sale season starts in the South tomorrow and stock agents are feeling optimistic despite Covid-19 uncertainty.

A judge is scrutinising Holstein Friesian cows in the South this week for a competition designed to find the best of the breed in New Zealand.