Business

It may have taken three years but investments do pay off, Blueberry Haven owners Robyn McDonald and Mike Coombes say.

Queenstown businessman Aaron Murphy believes an area best known for pinot noir production provides the ideal growing environment for plants of another variety.

Central Otago cherry growers are reporting a tough 2019-20 season, with yields about half the normal size due to poor weather conditions.

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...

Zero waste could well be the mantra of Southfields Group.

They say the couple that plays together, stays together.

The Chittock name is well-known in southern circles for farming, good-natured banter and being particularly lucky when the odds are stacked against them. But three Chittock sisters are mixing that...

From working the handpiece to walking the corridors ... Alice Scott talks to Bob Tamepo about his interesting and varied career path both in and out of the rural sector.

Catherine McMillan reckons working with young farmers will keep her young.