Celebrating like royalty
Teviot Valley Rest Home care worker Louise Timlin and resident Brent McDowell play at being royalty to celebrate the coronation.
Yvonne O'Hara
Sharing shearing the focus of courses
Sharing shearing the focus of courses
There is increasing interest from young people keen to work in the wool-harvesting industry, Elite Wool Industry Training managing director Tom Wilson says.
Diversification with flexibility helps family work as team
Diversification with flexibility helps family work as team
Steve and Vicki Sanders regard their family as their most important asset.
Velvet shifting from medicine to health food
Velvet shifting from medicine to health food
Stressed-out executives, exhausted people and recovering athletes ...
Great Easter Bunny Hunt returns after three-year hiatus
Great Easter Bunny Hunt returns after three-year hiatus
Alexandra's rabbit population is about to take a hit.
Entry numbers pleasing
Entry numbers pleasing
Organisers of this year’s Central Otago Merino Junior Judging Day were delighted when they received 18 entries for this year’s competition at Earnscleugh Station.
Lime company manager wears many hats
Lime company manager wears many hats
Steve Smith is a busy man with a keen interest in environmental protection, and he sees his current role as "shining the torch around in the shadow".
Two full-time jobs keep Shaun busy
Two full-time jobs keep Shaun busy
Following the advice of his wife, Sarah, to work smarter not harder, Shaun Tauti has two full-time jobs — and he is thriving on the challenges.
Proposed dam safety rules ‘scary’
Proposed dam safety rules ‘scary’
Proposed safety regulations for dams are "scary", Central Otago farmers’ Otago Water Resource Users Group (OWRUG) chairman Ken Gillespie says.
Proud to have won supreme sheep
Proud to have won supreme sheep
The figure is as important as the figures to Ross and Tracey McCall.
Overseas influences affect fertiliser price
Overseas influences affect fertiliser price
Farmers will have noticed an increase in their fertiliser costs.
Commitments to Young Farmers win recognition
Commitments to Young Farmers win recognition
Calving is Brooke Flett’s favourite time of the year, especially as she does it in summer rather than in the cold and wet.
Farmers urged to attend BLNZ meeting, speak up
Farmers urged to attend BLNZ meeting, speak up
Farmers’ apathy is the industry’s biggest threat and many sit back and let someone else get involved, Southern South Island Farmer Council chairman Bill McCall says.
Stock cleared at three merino sales
Stock cleared at three merino sales
Little Valley Station hosted its merino ewe and lamb sale on site last Wednesday followed by Matangi Station next door and Galloway Station down the road later in the day.
Beef breeders to get a taste of an ideal whitebait habitat
Beef breeders to get a taste of an ideal whitebait habitat
It will be a variation on "surf and turf" for visitors to Colin Phillips’ Fern Hill Limousin Stud at Tuatapere this month.
Research focus of field day
Research focus of field day
Research updates and outcomes will be the main focus during the Southern Dairy Hub field day on March 10.
Buster musters big cluster of admirers
Buster musters big cluster of admirers
At three-quarters of a tonne with one blue eye and one brown one, size 9 shoes and a liking for hats, Buster the 12-year-old Clydesdale was popular at the Mt Benger A&P Show at the weekend.
Farm equipment harder to source in pandemic
Farm equipment harder to source in pandemic
Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) president Kyle Baxter warned members to expect delays in global manufacturing as well as shipping delays this year.
Steel price hike affects cost of fencing on farms
Steel price hike affects cost of fencing on farms
It is not looking pretty for fencing prices, Fencing Contractors Association New Zealand board member Shane Beets says.
Tracking and tracing deer velvet system
Tracking and tracing deer velvet system
VelTrak is on track to be introduced in time for the next velvet season.