Rural Life

Identifying regional appellations for New Zealand red meat — much like the global wine industry — has been suggested in a report on shaping the future of the red meat sector.

A five-auction winning streak was broken in this week’s GlobalDairyTrade auction as the headline index fell 0.5%.

AgResearch is refusing to answer questions about its commitment to keeping key staff at Invermay, as concern mounts that staff at the Dunedin research campus are being kept in the dark.

A window of fine weather has had farmers and contractors smiling at the skies recently.

If you are at a rural event, a social gathering, a workshop or even a game of golf in Southland or South Otago, there might just be someone there from the Rural Southern Wellness Activity Team ...

Farm manager Brendon Wilson did not mince words when he talked to a group of high school teachers last week visiting as part of a group called Teachers Day Out.

Getting children on to farms is one of the aspirations of a new partnership between Canterbury’s two universities.

Strong commodity prices are not enough to make farmers happy, DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle says.