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Irrigation New Zealand chairwoman Nicky Hyslop is vying for a place on Beef+Lamb New Zealand's board.

A chance meeting with an engineer building a cowshed on a neighbouring farm next door to Nadia and Blair Wisely introduced them to bison and from there they've taken to producing beefalo - a bison...

With the levels of the current lamb schedules remaining strong, the prices at last week's Lorneville two-tooth ewe and lamb fair are likely to continue PGG Wrightson Southland livestock manager...

Biosecurity teams and fruit and vegetable growers are on alert after a Queensland fruit fly was found in Auckland.

Commerce Commission approval has been given for the sale of PGG Wrightson's seed and grain business to Denmark-based DLF Seeds.

Early potato harvests are looking good for South Canterbury with early indications it will be an average season, Potatoes NZ technical manager Iain Kirkwood says.

Geoff Smith attends as many A&P shows as he can during the season and there are 97 of them.

Georgie Hendrie, of Hyde, took a leap of faith for her art recently.

Vintage vehicle and machinery collector Roger Mahan, of Milton, is taking a 1910 D International Titan, as well as a 1920s Killefer earth scoop, to the Wheels at Wanaka festival at Easter.

Glenham farmers Nathan and Joy Dodd have taken out the top prize in the Gore A&P Show carcass competition, although there was only a 0.2 point difference between them and Steven and Jo Morris.

Geoff Smith attends as many A&P shows as he can during the season and there are 97 of them.

A rainy Saturday morning did little to dampen enthusiasm for the Otago Taieri A&P Society show, with thousands of visitors pouring through the gates as the weather cleared.