Rural Life

New triallist hooked on early wins

Erica Sharp has had a few pinch-me moments since taking up dog trialling last year.

Kelly and Morgan Campbell, with daughter Sage (2), own a free-range egg business in the Waimate...

Chooks, baby girl help with new start

It’s been a roller-coaster ride for South Canterbury farmers Kelly and Morgan Campbell since their cattle were the first in NZ to be depopulated due to Mycoplasma bovis. But they've come out the other side with a new business venture.

Merino Shears founder looking forward to 60th anniversary

Merino Shears founder looking forward to 60th anniversary

The New Zealand Merino Shears turns 60 in October and front and centre at the celebrations will be one of its founders.
100 years on the land

100 years on the land

The Frame family recently celebrated 100 years of farming Burnbank in Teviot Valley. Shawn McAvinue talks to Bill and Gwenda Frame about how four generations have transformed the land.
50 years in shearing shed enough

50 years in shearing shed enough

Owen Rowland might have just celebrated his retirement after 50 years in the shearing shed — but he’s quick to point out he only did 49 on the handpiece.

Dairy

Plenty of spilt milk after tanker crashes

A mixture of milk and mud covered a rural Southland road yesterday afternoon after a milk tanker crashed.

Fonterra unveils radical new capital structure options

Fonterra unveils radical new capital structure options

Fonterra directors are proposing a cheaper entry for farmers to the big dairy cooperative and either axing or capping through a buy-back the listed Fonterra Shareholders' Fund to protect farmer...
Proud of progress in dairy industry

Proud of progress in dairy industry

Southlander Sophie White has never looked back after making a snap decision to leave school to enter the dairy industry, and she has a tattoo to show it.
Fonterra in trading halt ahead of capital structure announcement

Fonterra in trading halt ahead of capital structure announcement

Fonterra share trading has been halted, pending an announcement tomorrow about its capital structure.

Red Meat

Meat Industry Association scholarship recipient Todd Fortune researches in The Hub on the Otago...

Postgraduate research on red meat

Southern students considering careers in the red meat processing and exporting sector were among the Meat Industry Association scholarship recipients for 2021. In a series, reporter Shawn McAvinue...

SFF chooses chairman for transition

SFF chooses chairman for transition

Rob Hewett is back as chairman of Silver Fern Farms Co-operative.
Retirement a work in progress

Retirement a work in progress

Pat Suddaby says he might be retired but he’ll never stop working.
Speckle Park growing

Speckle Park growing

Canadian cattle have given a North Canterbury couple a new passion for farming.

Rural Events

Horticulture

Donna Pettitt’s prodigious 95kg pumpkin that set a record at this year’s South Otago A&P Show...

Serious effort over months to grow giant pumpkin

Fruit or vegetable, a couple of amateur Clutha growers have grown some whopper pumpkins this year. Reporter Mary-Jo Tohill had a chat to them following their wins at the recent 5th annual South...

Boutique brewer hopping to it in Kaka Point

Boutique brewer hopping to it in Kaka Point

It would be fair to say that South Otago craft beer brewer Norm Macleod is hopping with enthusiasm.
Feedback sought on orchard industry project

Feedback sought on orchard industry project

After every operation comes the debrief, and the organisers of Operation Cromwell Harvest are seeking feedback on its work to obtain — and keep — workers on Central Otago orchards.
Lamont Wines placed in receivership

Lamont Wines placed in receivership

An organic Central Otago vineyard has been placed in receivership, after two separate parties appointed receivers.

Focus on Farming

Oamaru vet Celia Van Kampen enjoys the variety of her work. PHOTO: REBECCA RYAN

Making the most of a move south

Life is a balancing act for Celia Van Kampen. The Oamaru vet tells Rebecca Ryan how she successfully fits her busy sporting schedule in around her work.

New umbrella for catchment groups

New umbrella for catchment groups

The latest evolution in coordinated catchment activity in Otago has been getting its ducks in a row this month, thanks to $200,000 seed funding from the Otago Regional Council and a further $150,000 from MPI.
Sustainability, teamwork pays off for duo

Sustainability, teamwork pays off for duo

Anna Gillespie’s relationship with husband Ben could best be described as symbiotic. It works so well the Omakau farmers are multi-award winners. One thing you should never do is call Mrs Gillespie a ‘‘farmer’s wife’’
Lions pride of Clinton for work raising money for good causes

Lions pride of Clinton for work raising money for good causes

One unforeseen aspect of lockdown for the Clinton area of South Otago was a forced reduction in fundraising activity, but the district’s Lions service group has recently redoubled its efforts in an attempt to boost its community coffers.

Rural Events

Ted Dreckow is a founder of New Zealand’s only national merino shearing and woolhandling...

Merino Shears founder looking forward to 60th anniversary

The New Zealand Merino Shears turns 60 in October and front and centre at the celebrations will be one of its founders.

Thousands raised in charity tractor trek

Thousands raised in charity tractor trek

A group of Southland men keen on giving back to their community have completed a trek from Invercargill to Christchurch and back in two days - in a tractor.
Serious effort over months to grow giant pumpkin

Serious effort over months to grow giant pumpkin

Fruit or vegetable, a couple of amateur Clutha growers have grown some whopper pumpkins this year. Reporter Mary-Jo Tohill had a chat to them following their wins at the recent 5th annual South...
Having a quack at the competition

Having a quack at the competition

Competing in a duck calling competition at the Mornington Taphouse last night is Hamiora Smith (5), of Dunedin.

People

Erica Sharp and Lace are competing in next week’s South Island and New Zealand sheep dog trial...

New triallist hooked on early wins

Erica Sharp has had a few pinch-me moments since taking up dog trialling last year.

Agricultural professor appointed

Agricultural professor appointed

University of Otago graduate Craig Bunt has been made the inaugural professor of Otago’s agricultural innovation programme.
Chooks, baby girl help with new start

Living the good life after 'bovis'

It’s been a roller-coaster ride for South Canterbury farmers Kelly and Morgan Campbell since their cattle were the first in NZ to be depopulated due to Mycoplasma bovis. But they've come out the other side with a new business venture.
100 years on the land

100 years on the land

The Frame family recently celebrated 100 years of farming Burnbank in Teviot Valley. Shawn McAvinue talks to Bill and Gwenda Frame about how four generations have transformed the land.

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