Former All Black and now mental health advocate Sir John Kirwan donned his "Auckland gumboots" to launch the Rural Champions campaign at the Wānaka A&P Show.
Years ago at polytechnic, I learnt an important lesson about making sure you had support before you put your head above the rest of the crowd and speak out.
The series "Outstanding Houses" features images of striking structures on farms in the South, including this shed slowly being enveloped by a hedge in Milton.
The Fertiliser Association of New Zealand has updated its Fertiliser Use on New Zealand Dairy Farms booklet to ensure farmers get the best value from fertiliser applied.
Central South Island farmers should not pin their hopes on the dry spell changing any time soon, with weather forecasters indicating there is little rain on the horizon.
North Canterbury farms are feeling the pinch of scorching summer temperatures leaving dryland paddocks parched and irrigators working hard to maintain ground moisture.