Shawn McAvinue asks delegates on a herd visit as part of the Holstein Friesian New Zealand conference in the South last week what the appeal is of the black-and-white breed.
New Zealand Sheep Dog Trial Association North Otago Centre president and Waitaki Collie Dog Club short head and yard marshal Russell Smillie talks to Shawn McAvinue about the club’s fundraising effort.
The series "Outstanding Outhouses" features images of striking structures on southern farms including this shearing shed on Cluden Station near Tarras, Central Otago.
The owner of a remote Maniototo farm and distillery is calling a move to deregulate copper networks in rural New Zealand "farcical" and potentially dangerous.
A Christchurch biotech company extracting an innovative protein from sheepskins to make mainly health benefit and nutrition ingredients for export markets is about to launch a capital raise.
Southern breeders will speak of this season highly after a run of top sales led by Clarence Valley’s Matariki Herefords clinched a national record auction price of $80,000 for a Hereford 2-year-old...