Welsh organisations bestow award on couple
Southern farmers Geoff and Ailsa Neilson are being celebrated for opening their home and the minds of scores of Welsh visitors.
Rural life
Military career provides platform for leadership
Military career provides platform for leadership
Serving the air force took Andrew Mockford around the world and gave him skills to become the new head of irrigation’s industry body, writes Tim Cronshaw.
Seasonal goods fresh from the farm vision for store
Seasonal goods fresh from the farm vision for store
Fresh, local and seasonal.
Meat worker carves out place in history
Meat worker carves out place in history
Eighty-year-old Ken McLeod has carved out a place in the record books after 64 years as a freezing worker.
South Otago shearing contractor just ‘keeps going’
South Otago shearing contractor just ‘keeps going’
South Otago shearing contractor Sarah Murray will lead a team of tough southern women in an expedition adventure race from tomorrow.
Wine ‘godfather’ gains New Zealand citizenship
Wine ‘godfather’ gains New Zealand citizenship
You could not say he rushed.
Show a must for longtime attendees
Show a must for longtime attendees
Loading up the trailer with five South Devon cattle for a 600km road trip is an annual affair for Southland’s Eden family, who have attended Canterbury A&P Shows for the past 24 years.
Invermay scientist wins McMeekan award
Invermay scientist wins McMeekan award
Dr Shannon Clarke, principal scientist at the Bioeconomy Science Institute, has been awarded the McMeekan Memorial Award by the New Zealand Society of Animal Production.
Photo memories influence farming
Photo memories influence farming
Smart phones showing photographic memories of adverse weather events on farm during past springs was a driver for Strath Taieri sheep and beef farmer Will Gibson to put his rams out later.
'Been a real battle': How farmers are faring after wild weather
'Been a real battle': How farmers are faring after wild weather
Howling gales and snowstorms, it must be spring time in the South.
Being a farmer ‘cool’
Being a farmer ‘cool’
Southland beef farmer Dougal Stringer wears a hat promoting the family stud declaring "it’s cool to be a farmer".
Lay of the land
Lay of the land
Communities across South Otago and Southland are still counting the cost of the recent severe wind event.
Novelty wearing thin after switch to fulltime farming
Novelty wearing thin after switch to fulltime farming
The timing could not have been better — or worse, depending what way you look at it.
Novelty wearing thin after career change
Novelty wearing thin after career change
The timing could not have been better — or worse, depending what way you look at it.
Rugby camps light ‘a a bit of a fire’ for teen
Rugby camps light ‘a a bit of a fire’ for teen
Northern Southland teenager Grace Duthie ditched city living to return to her country roots and started enjoying playing rugby again.
Position as Pāmu manager fulfilling
Position as Pāmu manager fulfilling
Mace Lee is back to manage a "big beast" of a sheep and beef station between Outram and Lawrence.
Post-accident career taking off
Post-accident career taking off
A devastating accident on a dairy farm in 2022 led to a leg amputation and nearly three years on ACC for Thomas Hewitt.
Innovation an ongoing theme at Elm Grove dairy farm
Innovation an ongoing theme at Elm Grove dairy farm
An entrepreneurial spirit continues on a family dairy farm with a more than 170-year history on the Taieri.
Elm Grove a base for innovation
Elm Grove a base for innovation
An entrepreneurial spirit continues on a family dairy farm with a more than 170-year history on the Taieri.
‘Whole history’ of new ventures
‘Whole history’ of new ventures
Agricultural entrepreneur Alex de Boer has a long history of doing business in the South.