When Hamish Pinckney is not farming on his and wife Kathryn's sheep and beef farm near Edendale, he can sometimes be found refereeing Saturday morning netball games in Gore.
Southern Rural Life reporter Yvonne O’Hara asked Federated Farmers’ national vice-president, Andrew Hoggard, for his thoughts on the Tax Working Group’s (TWG) recently released Interim Report...
Rodney and Jocelyn Dobson, of Ashvale Jerseys Ltd, held their 14th annual bull sale at their Gropers Bush property last week and they were delighted with the results.
There is a shortage of young people wishing to work in the agriculture sectors, and industry consultant John Bates, of Alexandra, is developing a programme to help address the problem.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (BLNZ) is holding its annual meetings for the Central South Island and Southern South Island farmer councils in Gore and Wanaka this month.
Recently Southern Rural Life ran an article about a freelance rabbiter who worked in the 1930s to the 1960s. Today Yvonne O’Hara talks to a modern-day rabbiter.
Dion Morrell had voted for another person to receive the inaugural Murray McSkimming memorial trophy, and was shocked when he realised he was the recipient.
Bruce and Jenny Paterson are to host the Southland Next Generation Advance Party's (NGAP) regional field day on their Lower Scotts Gap property at the end of the month.
The New Zealand Merino Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Alexandra proved to be a big event for both shearing contractor Dion Morrell, and daughter Pagan Karauria on Saturday night.
Kale versus fodder beet, phosphorous supplementation and buffer widths will be the focus of the Southern dairy hub's next field day at Makarewa on October 10.