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Putting out ‘premium fare’ word

NZ's lamb, beef and venison was showcased to international chefs and food media earlier this month. Agribusiness reporter Sally Rae joined them during a visit to Minaret Station.

200 tonnes of nitrogen leaching daily into water

200 tonnes of nitrogen leaching daily into water

Urine from New Zealand's 4.8million milking cows is putting 200 tonnes of leached nitrogen into our groundwater each day, new research suggests.
Guy attacks Primary sector Council choices

Guy attacks Primary sector Council choices

Dairy farmers and industry leaders will see the lack of a dairy industry "heavy hitter" on the Primary Sector Council as a sign they "will be dealt with", National agriculture spokesman Nathan Guy...
Declining Pomahaka fishery to be surveyed

Declining Pomahaka fishery to be surveyed

Fewer sea-run trout in the Pomahaka River has prompted Otago Fish & Game to survey the river.

Rural Life

Any changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme will be finalised in late 2019, meaning if they are...

Farm sales dip in March quarter

Farm sales for the quarter to March dipped 11% with 50 fewer sales than in the same period a year ago.

South's water levels benefit from rainfall

South's water levels benefit from rainfall

Water levels have recovered in Southland in most areas, with consistent rainfall over the past couple of months.
Hurdles ahead in future irrigation development

Hurdles ahead in future irrigation development

Irrigation New Zealand's (INZ) held its conference in Alexandra earlier this month and the primary focus was on irrigation and its future role.
Sites showing signs of improved water quality

Sites showing signs of improved water quality

Southlanders deserve a pat on the back, as river quality trends released last week are improving.

Dairy

200 tonnes of nitrogen leaching daily into water

Urine from New Zealand's 4.8million milking cows is putting 200 tonnes of leached nitrogen into our groundwater each day, new research suggests.

Guy attacks Primary sector Council choices

Guy attacks Primary sector Council choices

Dairy farmers and industry leaders will see the lack of a dairy industry "heavy hitter" on the Primary Sector Council as a sign they "will be dealt with", National agriculture spokesman Nathan Guy...
Dairying unexpected but welcome career choice

Dairying unexpected but welcome career choice

Jaime McCrostie never thought she would end up dairy farming.
Record butter prices expected: economist

Record butter prices expected: economist

Households, restaurants and bakeries be warned, butter prices are expected to rise well above last year's records, already sitting just 5% below the highs set last September.

Red Meat

Grand Farm-branded lamb packs. Photo from Alliance Group.

Alliance ships first skin packs

Leading food company Alliance Group has dispatched its first major shipment of product in vacuum skin tray packaging to Hong Kong, following a successful trial.

Open day for goat farmers

Open day for goat farmers

Whitestone Boer Goat Stud owners Owen and Annette Booth are hosting an open day on their Milton property later this month.
Putting out ‘premium fare’ word

Putting out ‘premium fare’ word

NZ's lamb, beef and venison was showcased to international chefs and food media earlier this month. Agribusiness reporter Sally Rae joined them during a visit to Minaret Station.
SFF’s focus on directors

SFF’s focus on directors

A review of Silver Fern Farms Co-operative Ltd’s constitution will include looking at the tenure of directors on the board, the board size and the ratio of elected to independent directors.

Horticulture

Rabobank Central Otago Winter Feed Competition organisers Barry Murphy (left) and Paul McCarthy,...

Crop contest on again

Central Otago farmers do not even need a crop to enter this year's Rabobank Central Otago winter feed competition.

Way to grow

Way to grow

Hamish Atwell (7), of Milton, is dwarfed by his winning 70.5kg pumpkin at the second annual South Otago A&P Society Giant Pumpkin Competition in Balclutha on Sunday.
Subdivision issue for orchard

Subdivision issue for orchard

The orchardist neighbouring the proposed River Terrace development southwest of Cromwell believes the subdivision could be an obstacle for their business.
Good vintage reported

Good vintage reported

The Waitaki Valley's 2018 wines could be worth waiting for.

People

Milton twins James and Laura Scanlan, (centre) will face off against each other in the TeenAg...

Twins to be rivals in TeenAg

Milton twins James and Laura Scanlan plan to come out with all guns blazing when they meet at the TeenAg Grand Final in Invercargill this July.

Up and coming rural experts give it a go

Up and coming rural experts give it a go

Dipton's up and coming primary industries experts went in to battle in the weekend
TeenAg members at training camp

TeenAg members at training camp

Young TeenAg Club members from Otago and Southland got the chance to climb a wall and observe a salmon dissection as part of a leadership training camp last week.
Motivated Smail top trainee

Motivated Smail top trainee

Since growing up a townie in Invercargill, Simone Smail has come a long way in the dairy industry, to the extent of being crowned the Southland-Otago Dairy Trainee of the Year.

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.

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.
Higher meat yield from Beltex breed

Higher meat yield from Beltex breed

Former Invermay head Dr Jock Allison, his wife Hilary and Canterbury farmer Blair Gallagher had the Beltex breed on show at this year's Southern Field Days.

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