Many Central Otago building companies are struggling to find skilled carpenters for residential construction projects in Central Otago.
Being able to control irrigation systems while away from the farm - even from a fishing boat - is now possible thanks to new and improved technology.
Today's plastic-bag-free Cromwell Rotary Club's annual Queen's Birthday Weekend book sale is the place to be.
The Great Easter Bunny Hunt, postponed in March because of the release of the K5 rabbit virus, will not take place this year.
Victoria Bonham fosters rescue animals, but often they make themselves at home and never leave.
The Otago Rescue Helicopter Trust and the Clutha Valley swimming pool upgrade will benefit from half the $11,500 raised during the three-day Greenfield Tavern's Valley Roar hunting and fishing competition.
Central Otago farmers do not even need a crop to enter this year's Rabobank Central Otago winter feed competition.
Young TeenAg Club members from Otago and Southland got the chance to climb a wall and observe a salmon dissection as part of a leadership training camp last week.
Irrigation New Zealand's (INZ) held its conference in Alexandra earlier this month and the primary focus was on irrigation and its future role.
A giant pumpkin grown from a seed thrown into a garden rubbish pile set a record at the annual Roxburgh Pumpkin Festival.
Alexandra's annual Great Easter Bunny Hunt has been postponed so the newly released K5 rabbit virus has time to work.
A breeding population of wallabies may already be established in the Maniototo, and if so, the impact on farmers is likely to be ‘‘devastating’’, Maniototo Pest Management (MPM) manager Ossie Brown says.
Environment Canterbury is concerned about the numbers of wallabies outside its containment areas and is also exploring further tools to reduce or eliminate the populations to prevent further incursions south.
The news that the Otago Regional Council has gained permission to import and release the RHDV1 K5 (K5) rabbit virus later this month has pleased Central Otago farmers.
Fashion garments are not usually associated with farming, but Matangi Station supplied the location for a fashion shoot to promote the 14th annual WoolOn Creative Fashion Event awards recently.
Agri-tourism is expected to become a key attraction for international visitors in the next few years, particularly tourists from China, and Venture Southland is planning to develop Southland's assets to take advantage of that.
A handful of Central Otago wineries are producing wines that are suitable for vegans and vegetarians to drink.
Bald Hills boutique vineyard near Cromwell has won three trophies in the same competition for the same wine, and viticulturist Gary Crabbe is delighted.
More pure and composite meat goats are needed to fill four planned shipments of live goats and goat meat to Asian clients in the next few months, says Shingle Creek Chevon partner Dougal Laidlaw, of Clyde.
MetOcean Solutions, which is part of the New Zealand MetService, has been awarded $500,000 for a two-year project to develop a predictive tool using machine learning that will help southern farmers and contractors.