Tim Cronshaw

Steady nerves gave veteran sheepdog triallists the upper hand during a hot three days in the Tux New Zealand yarding and handy dog challenges at South Canterbury’s Springbank farm.

The Wool Impact body, charged with reviving the strong wool industry, has high hopes a new navigator role will steer more innovation into the marketplace.

The results of trials stimulating the soil’s microbiology with organic material from long-buried vegetation were revealed at a field day at the Mackenzie Country’s Glenbrook and Westside stations.

Beekeepers are pinning their hopes on a better honey result after wet and wild weather put a dampener on the past season.

AgResearch emeritus scientist Stephen Goldson and his team are looking for more wins after taking on an elusive project to tame evil weevils, writes Tim Cronshaw.

Mid Canterbury farmer Hamish Marr sees tight times and farming promise ahead from his travels as special agricultural trade envoy for New Zealand.

A group of 12 to 15 arable farmers are counting about $6 million in losses from a late hail storm landing in a belt running from Canterbury’s Methven to Highbank.

Some of the best coloured sheep in the country will be auctioned off at the South Canterbury A&P showgrounds in Waimate on February 3.

A retired teacher who's a dab hand at knitting and spinning runs five flocks of purebred coloured sheep so he can provide handcraft buyers virtually every wool option they need, writes Tim Cronshaw.

A top lineup, including New Zealand’s victorious triallists in the two-test transtasman sheep dog trial series against Australia, are heading for a major showdown in South Canterbury this week.

A Mid Canterbury family is working towards making more cuts to nitrogen losses after already meeting their 2035 target for their dairy farm.

Who would believe it - a sheep and beef farm with virtual fencing? Tim Cronshaw talks to a North Canterbury farmer who reels off a bunch of reasons for putting his hand up.

Dame Lynda Topp is the headline act for a campaign to get Kiwis heading outdoors and experiencing freshwater fishing and hunting.

A trio of high-yielding perennial ryegrasses came out tops for the upper South Island during National Forage Variety Trials (NFVT).

Scientists have come up with an innovative system to get a more accurate fix on the quality of farm soils at Ngāi Tahu Farming sites in Canterbury.

A top lineup, including New Zealand’s victorious triallists in the two-test transtasman sheep dog trial series against Australia, are heading for a major showdown in South Canterbury next month.

Hurunui’s Stuart Fraser is just a few months away from being among the first beef farmers to buy into the hi-tech collars and fenceless farming that’s made a big impression on dairying.