Attracting vets to the southern rural region and then retaining them can be a challenge, says VetSouth managing director and practising vet Mark Bryan.
Serena Lyders, of Tokanui, comes from five generations of shearers, grew up among shearers, is married to a sheep and beef farmer, her three sons are shearers and her 2-year-old granddaughter...
Since changing their farming practice to growing all grass year round for full-time dairy grazing, running more than 1000 head of stock was a ‘‘doddle’’, farm manager Stuart Browning said.
Since changing their farming practice to growing all grass year round for full-time dairy grazing, running more than 1000 head of stock was a "doddle'', farm manager Stuart Browning said.
Invercargill shearer Nathan Stratford, was ''utterly shocked'' when his name was called out as the recipient of this year's Murray McSkimming Memorial trophy at the Merino shears competition in...
Anieka and Nick Templer like a bit of variety in their dairy herd, adding panda-eyed, triple-cross Montbeliarde, Normande, Fleckvieh and Aussie Reds to their mix.
The recent bad weather has meant farmers in southern areas and the Southland hill country have ''taken a hit'' with hogget lambing, says consultant Deane Carson, of Agribusiness Consultants,...
Otago-Southland territory manager Bridget (Biddy) Huddleston, of Alexandra, is keen to see closer ties between the New Zealand Young Farmers clubs, and schools.
Western Australian shearer Damien Boyle won his eighth New Zealand Merino Shearing and Woolhandling Championship open shearing title in 10 years in Alexandra on Saturday.
Southland Federated Farmers president Geoffrey Young can see why some farmers could become disheartened and consider giving up their farms if they continue to get hammered by new regulatory...
Reverend Samuel Marsden did not know it, but when he planted the first grapevines in Kerikeri, Bay of Islands, on September 25, 1819, he was indirectly introducing an industry that is now earning...
Southern Rural Life is running a series of columns about the various jobs available in the agriculture and horticulture sector. This week Yvonne O’Hara talks to biosecurity officer Rachel Batley.
Logging contractor Mike Hurring says 2013 was ''the year from hell'' for him, as he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and had to have a prostatectomy (surgery).
Maternal black Simmental bulls are a new option for commercial beef farmers in New Zealand and cater to a different market, says stud breeder Garry McCorkindale.
Rural men, including the ''six-foot tall and bullet-proof variety'', are invited to a men's health night at the Lawrence Golf Club on Friday, September 27, from 7.30pm.