Southern Dairy Hub business manager Guy Michaels said the key takeaway from last week's field day at the Hub near Wallacetown was that there is a range opportunities for farmers to save money and...
The Winton A&P Association research farm has just finished setting up the first stage of a new pasture systems research site for farmers and industry advisers in Southland and South Otago in a...
Limehills School has been front and centre in the Southern Rural Life Farm Innovation Awards in previous years and school principal Jim Turrell says it is keen to continue its success in next year...
While farmers and industry leaders welcomed news that the Federated Farmers Meat and Wool Council voted last week to support a compulsory wool levy on wool producers, there was a clear preference...
Glenham farmers Nathan and Joy Dodd have taken out the top prize in the Gore A&P Show carcass competition, although there was only a 0.2 point difference between them and Steven and Jo Morris.
An interest in spinning and fibre has grown for Waikawa Valley farmer Janette Buckingham into an enterprise producing fibre for the craft sector from llamas, guanacos (a close relative of the llama...
A chance meeting with an engineer building a cowshed on a neighbouring farm next door to Nadia and Blair Wisely introduced them to bison and from there they've taken to producing beefalo - a bison...
When you have worked for more than 50 years in the rural sector, change is a constant and for Andrew Welsh, an agribusiness manager at Rabobank in Southland, this has included everything from the...
The South is taking the lead in the formation of local catchment groups to improve water quality and the environment, says Sarah Thorne, project co-ordinator for the NZ Landcare Trust in Southland.
Around 50 farmers attended a public meeting in Winton last week organised by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to discuss the the Government review of the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act...
Despite strong grass growth as a result of the high rainfall, stock in many areas haven't done particularly well because of lower sunlight hours, lush feed and the flow-on impact on nutritional...