When Colin "Mouse" O’Neill first considered setting up as a shearing contractor five years ago, he knew it was a big risk, and he had his family’s future at stake.
New national freshwater regulations will be discussed at a second meeting to be hosted by Environment Southland in Invercargill and via Zoom on Friday.
New Zealanders are being urged to ‘‘Bee a Hero’’ and champion the cause of our honey producers and pollinators this month. Southern Rural Life reporter Yvonne O’Hara talks to Megan Young who,...
Last spring was a "perfect storm" for farmers, and this spring Otago and Southland farmers are urged to prepare feed budgets so they are better prepared to deal with any feed deficit that might...
Nearly 100 farmers were the first in the country to "play" with a new ram breeder selection tool during a Beef+Lamb New Zealand Otago Farming for Profit meeting in Clinton recently.
Matakanui Station owner Andrew Paterson estimates it will cost him about $1.6 million to comply with the new freshwater rules for fencing off waterways on his Central Otago hill country property.
Three catchment group co-ordinators and a catchment group lead have started connecting and supporting the 23 Southland catchment groups as part of their new roles with Thriving Southland.
From wintering barns for sheltering deer to sediment traps, mitigating negative impacts on the farm environment was the focus of the Southland Environment Advance Party’s field day held recently...
Sharon and Peter McIntyre have a fleet of workers happy to labour tirelessly knee-deep in deer dung, sight unseen, 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the summer and autumn.
As wintering deer indoors is becoming more popular, especially with proposed introduction of more and new environmental regulations, Agresearch scientist Dr David Stevens has analysed feeding and...
Transport Services Ltd scored a double honour recently when dispatch manager Grant Anderson and bulkie driver Matthew Blomfield were recognised in the New Zealand Groundspread...