Yvonne O'Hara

''Fat is back'' and no longer the ''ogre'' it used to be, and that is good news for Jerseys as they have a higher fat content relative to protein than many other breeds.

Southland's agri-tourism businesses and the region's food and beverages providers are likely to be two key features of Venture Southland's tourism blueprint document, the ''Southland Murihiku...

Peter and Elsie Lyon's shearing contracting business has been operating for a third of a century, and they will be celebrating that achievement with a staff reunion next month.

Several changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme will be introduced later in the year, and more are planned.

Vintage vehicle and machinery collector Roger Mahan, of Milton, is taking a 1910 D International Titan, as well as a 1920s Killefer earth scoop, to the Wheels at Wanaka festival at Easter.

Georgie Hendrie, of Hyde, took a leap of faith for her art recently.

This season has been ''extraordinary'' for the quality and quantity of hay, baleage and silage made and grain harvested in both Otago and Southland, Wanaka contractor Richard Woodhead says.

The South Island Dairy Event (SIDE) is to be held at the ILT Stadium Southland, Invercargill, in June, and its theme this year is ''Creating Our Tomorrow.''

Two former All Black captains will be guests at shearing contractor Peter Lyon's staff reunion in Alexandra next month.

Women (and men) who worked in Central Otago's wine industry were invited to meet representatives of Women In Wine New Zealand (WIWNZ), who were in the region last week.

Nine-year-old Charlie Falconer, of Clachanburn Station, near Patearoa, looks like he could have a future in velvet judging.

You could call Dr Helen Darling a foodie, but not in the consumer sense, rather more the ''no shenanigans'' sense.

Overseer Ltd is to charge for its new farm-modelling software from Monday (February 11), and will also be launching two other versions later this year.

Businessman Allan Dippie has more than 100 tractors in his collection at his Wanaka shed, and each has a story.

Heavy rain on already saturated soils caused up to $100,000 of damage to Dave and Karen Robertson's steep hill country farm near Lawrence in November.

DairyNZ is to host two workshops for dairy farmers and one for rural professionals this month, to prepare them for the Otago Regional Council's Water Plan, which will released in 2020.

Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) is concerned that there is a lack of access to services and support for rural people and their families who are in abusive situations.

Wallaby numbers are increasing in the Maniototo and more resources and funding are needed to deal with the pest, Maniototo Pest Management manager Ossie Brown says.

The first of two phases for launching a new social practice standard will soon be released as part of the New Zealand Good Agricultural Practice (NZGAP) quality assurance programme for certified...

Many people come to Moorpark and Mulberry Orchard, near Cromwell, looking for old-fashioned fruit varieties, including mulberries.