Toni Williams

‘‘A crisis helps you look outside the square to see what other options might be available,’’ Mid Canterbury egg producers Lynette and Murray Thomson say.

There are massive changes, but the team across the country have come on boardStaff at LeaderBrand have adapted at work to make sure they are keeping themselves, and their workmates, safe from Covid...

Vicki and Hamish Mee are planning a ‘‘worst case scenario’’ for stock at their Mid Canterbury free-farm piggery.

“It’s just a tremendous honour,” Women’s Institutes stalwart Jude Vaughan, the unsuspecting recipient of a WI Good Service Badge, said.

Turley Farms Chertsey, in the heart of Mid Canterbury, is among a growing number of farms turning to sunflowers as a rotation crop to use between plantings.

Murray Ford (92) learned to use a horse plough, pulled by three or four horses, on his parents’ farm at Brookside in 1945. He left school in 1944, found the plough and was keen to use it.

Ray Kane has been associated with the Mayfield Collie Club for more than 50 years.

The Mayfield Collie Club is celebrating 100 years of dog trialling this month with a centennial event at the Hakatere grounds, on Potts Rd, in the foothills of Mid Canterbury.

Ashburton College year 11 pupils have had a final dose of hands-on animal handling at Higham Farm, near Chertsey.

A pedestrian has been taken to hospital in a "serious" condition after being hit by a car in Mid Canterbury on Thursday afternoon.

Lachie Davidson has travelled to the other side of the world, been crowned a world champion egg thrower and has just embarked on a career with an internationally recognised company which prides...

Judy Skevington is using her sewing skills for a good cause, close to her heart.

Pendarves Young Farmers, Farmstrong and Rakaia’s Railway Tavern raised hundreds of dollars for Farmstrong by hosting a Young Farmers Speed Shear event at the tavern.

Money raised from a pre-season Crusaders-Hurricanes rugby match at Ashburton Showgrounds will help mental health and wellbeing services in Mid Canterbury.

Paul and Kay Gardner may have downsized their farm operation but it has not diminished their appreciation of their Texel sheep operation.

Rothesay Deer owner Donald Greig has been building up the genetics of his English and composite deer operation for more than three decades.

Lynne and Duncan Barr have spent the past few months re-adjusting their lives after being given the all clear from Mycoplasma bovis.

Mid Canterbury’s rural community, like many nationwide, is feeling increasing pressure on issues of farm management, including environmental challenges, an increasing tide of sometimes poorly...