Fonterra's recruitment drive for organic milk suppliers in the South Island looks to have overtaken targeted numbers for processing at its Stirling cheese-making site in South Otago.

They’re celebrities and they don’t even know it.

Townies studying in Dunedin are some of the latest recipients of the 2026 Meat Industry Association scholarship programme.

Aside from waterlogged winter crops in the foothills, Mid Canterbury sheep, beef and dairy farmers are making the most of plentiful grass growth from a wet summer.

Sheep and beef farmers will be brought up to speed on future-proofing work at the red meat sector’s largest event, which is to be held in Christchurch in May.

It has been a mixed bag for fruit growers in the South this summer, many blaming the poor weather for disappointing yields.

A gloomy harvest is getting on the nerves of Canterbury arable growers looking for the smallest of fine weather windows to raise crops.

Arable farmers are being warned to keep their eyes peeled for any sign of invasive black grass as biosecurity authorities continue to deal with farm outbreaks.

John Lee, the visionary Cardrona Valley entrepreneur who put not only his beloved valley but also the wider Upper Clutha area on the international map, died on&nbsp...

It is a long way from rural Alexandra to the Defence Force’s top ranks, but there are surprising similarities, according to one senior officer.

Central Otago woolhandler Pagan Rimene is aiming to win her first open title at Golden Shears, which starts in Masterton today.

"It felt pretty good to get a win over the Aussies."

Several southern cows are through to a second round of judging for a national Holstein Friesian competition.