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Tussock country

Beef cattle gather to eat baleage beside the Snow Farm road at Cardrona.

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Dr Jason Archer, from AbacusBio, and Dr Steve Miller from the American Angus Association at an...

Big US beef index job for AbacusBio

Dunedin-based agribusiness consulting company AbacusBio is rebuilding the selection indexes for the American Angus Association, the world’s largest beef cattle society.

Tussock country

Tussock country

Beef cattle gather to eat baleage beside the Snow Farm road at Cardrona.
Walk On history ‘pretty amazing Kiwi story’

Walk On history ‘pretty amazing Kiwi story’

The establishment of Walk On is a "pretty amazing Kiwi story", new chief executive Mark Davey says.
Breakthrough as wheat genome mapped

Breakthrough for science as wheat genome mapped

A consortium of scientists has published the first fully annotated sequence of the wheat genome, which they hope will eventually reduce the risk of food scarcity on our planet.

Big US beef index job for AbacusBio

Big US beef index job for AbacusBio

Dunedin-based agribusiness consulting company AbacusBio is rebuilding the selection indexes for the American Angus Association, the world’s largest beef cattle society.
Barking mad competition at tavern

Barking mad competition at tavern

Masters and their pooches turned out for the 31st annual Chatto Creek Bark Up at the Chatto Creek Tavern.
Westland shareholders to get update on strategic review

Westland shareholders to get update on strategic review

Westland Milk Products is expected to give shareholders the first update on a strategic review before Christmas.

Dairy

Westland shareholders to get update on strategic review

Westland Milk Products is expected to give shareholders the first update on a strategic review before Christmas.

Protesters demand stop to dairy farm development

Protesters demand stop to dairy farm development

Protesters tried to storm the office of a Dunedin accountant this afternoon demanding he stop his plans for a large dairy farm development in the Mackenzie Basin.
'M. bovis' now in Tasman; fewer infected farms overall

'M. bovis' now in Tasman; fewer infected farms overall

A sheep and beef farm near Motueka has been confirmed as having Mycoplasma bovis, the first time the disease has been found in the Tasman region.
Hurrell appointed Fonterra interim CEO

Hurrell appointed Fonterra interim CEO

The winds of change continue to sweep Fonterra with the appointment of Miles Hurrell as interim chief executive.

Red Meat

Union angry overseas workers brought to Southland

Alliance Group is under fire over a decision to bring in 100 overseas workers for its Southland plants.

Supply pressure on lamb prices

Supply pressure on lamb prices

Procurement competition is expected to continue to put some upward pressure on lamb prices this month.
Sheep industry awards dropped for year

Sheep industry awards dropped for year

A decision has been made to drop the annual Beef + Lamb New Zealand (BLNZ) Sheep Industry Awards for a year.
Beef numbers increase in South

Beef numbers increase in South

Beef numbers are up in the lower south, despite the outbreak of Mycoplasma bovis in the past 12 months.

Horticulture

Horticulture NZ makes case for best food growing areas

Horticulture NZ wants the Government to develop a national food policy statement within the Resource Management Act to recognise the country's "elite" fruit and vegetable growing areas.

Dedication to fruit industry recognised

Dedication to fruit industry recognised

Earnscy Weaver has been a familiar figure in the Central Otago horticultural scene all his life.
Call to restart young growers group

Call to restart young growers group

Grant McKay, of Cromwell, would like to hear from young horticulturists and viticulturists who wish to help re-establish the Central Otago Young Growers Group.
Swede seed claims not compromised

Swede seed claims not compromised

The potential sale of PGG Wrightson Seed will have no impact on farmers tied up in the HT Swede debacle, the company says.

People

Two bobby calves graze pasture above Northeast Valley, Dunedin. Photo by Gerard O'Brien.

Our calving season has finally arrived

The biggest event on every dairy farmer's calendar is finally here, writes dairy farmer and Southern Rural Life columnist Bruce Eade.

Learning where the wool goes

Learning where the wool goes

More than 120 pupils from schools throughout South Otago are now clued up about what happens with wool once it leaves the farm gate.
Ag conference looks to the future

Ag conference looks to the future

Future-proofing and looking forward in the primary sector are priorities.
Call to restart young growers group

Call to restart young growers group

Grant McKay, of Cromwell, would like to hear from young horticulturists and viticulturists who wish to help re-establish the Central Otago Young Growers Group.

Field Days

Zeddy team members Shane Parlato and Pearse McGoughan show off the Zeddy 1250 Dry Feeder, which...

Innovative feeder wins award

Farmers wanting to know how much supplement feed their animals are eating in the paddock now have a solution.

Planning for 2019 field days gathering speed

Planning for 2019 field days gathering speed

The next South Island Agricultural Field Days (SIAFD) are less than a year away and exhibitors can now register online to reserve a site.
Typical southern man tastes, raps to win

Typical southern man tastes, raps to win

He likes beer, farming and is pretty happy with his Speight's prizes package.
Innovation award for sheet metal beehives

Innovation award for sheet metal beehives

Looking at an alternative option to standard beehives, Peter Dodds set to work developing an innovative hive.

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