Tim Cronshaw

A slimmed down Canterbury A&P Show will be larger than first thought next week as supporters led by Sir David Carter bring it back from a precarious financial position.

A new genetic data co-ordinator based on a farm outside of Kaikoura is helping the nation’s beef farmers lift the genetic quality in their herds.

Old trees coming up to the surface last summer are fully submerged again as water levels go back to normal at South Canterbury’s Lake Opuha.

Dairy farm sales are expected to pick up, as ageing and other farmers come to grips with a higher payout and list their Canterbury properties.

A small rust fungus has begun its battle as a biocontrol agent against invasive Chilean needle grass after the first release of its kind in the world in Marlborough and Canterbury.

Canterbury-based Synlait has lifted its milk price forecast in line with Fonterra’s mid range of $9 a kilogram of milk solids.

Next week more light will be shed on who will be the standout among four top operators in a competition celebrating excellence in sustainable irrigation.

Hurunui farmers are juggling hungry lambs with tight feed stores as rain fails to replenish the drought-declared region.

Canterbury’s Samantha Harmer and Tegan Caves are keen to put wool-classing skills learned from mentors to the test in the woolshed.

Dairy farmers are reminding sideline commentators going "bonkers" about the prospect of a $9 payout that it comes on the back of a break-even season.

A potato pest wiping out more than 5% of the Canterbury crop is being squashed thanks to a grower-led initiative.

Only the silent hum of a new electric tractor will be heard soon at an energy farm being developed by Lincoln University to prise itself free of fossil fuels.

Canterbury farmers concerned about a run of quad bike deaths are getting crush protection devices installed.

Only the silent hum of a new electric tractor will be heard soon at an energy farm being developed by Lincoln University to prise itself free of fossil fuels.

Fertiliser co-operative Ravensdown has a new director after South Island shareholders voted North Otago farmer Kate Faulks on to the board.

A potato pest wiping out more than 5% of the Canterbury crop is being squashed thanks to a grower-led initiative.

Dairy farmers are reminding sideline commentators going "bonkers" about the prospect of a $9 payout that it comes on the back of a break-even season.

PGG Wrightson's new wool manager Rachel Shearer picked up some good lessons from a stint in the rock and roll world, writes Tim Cronshaw.

PGG Wrightson’s new wool manager picked up some good lessons from a stint in the rock’n’roll world, Tim Cronshaw writes.