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Horticultural workshop host Ben Elms, also known as Dr Compost, of Wanaka, talks to The News about his love of the industry and how others can make the most of their garden, too.

The annual juice-stained fun and games of Cherry Chaos will be held at the Roxburgh Sports Grounds today, from 5pm.

Wet weather has been causing damage to early cherry crops in Central Otago, with some areas severely affected.

The dual challenges of landscape and climatic diversity can also be a strength, says Fernvale Genetics farmer Lloyd Brenssell.

Southern farmers have come in for a public bashing in certain sections of the media during recent months, as unflattering winter grazing conditions hit the spotlight. Richard Davison takes a look...

Keeping Lake Wanaka pristine for future generations is on the wish list for many of us, and that includes the majority of high-country farmers whose properties lie within the lake catchment. Kerrie...

Sheep shearers and woolhandlers of Southland and beyond gathered at the Winton A&P Show on Saturday to test their ovine shaving and sorting skills.

The Lake County A&P Society has four new life members who, between them, have been involved for almost 95 years.

It was a big day for 14-year-old Charis Morrell, of Alexandra, when she won the junior woolhandling final at the Southland Shears and New Zealand Crossbred Lambs shearing and woolhandling...

‘‘It’s a dirty job but someone’s got to do it’ — words that couldn’t be more true than for woolshed cleaner Rodney Robinson.

East Otago farmer Will Heckler has found a handy mode of transport for getting to the beach and back from his Karitane holiday house: a vintage tractor.