Rural life

Some of the merino rams on-offer at Armidale stud in Gimmerburn last month.

A more accurate way to detect parasites in farmed deer could save the industry $50 million a year, researchers estimate.

A celebration of five decades of sunflower growing was a good chance to "stop and smell the flowers", Topflite co-owner Peter Mitchell said of their open day on Sunday.

Reporter Shawn McAvinue asks southern sheep farmers if they were considering breeding their ewe hoggets to make the most of higher lamb price.

A couple of Suftex rams, bought by Melrose Station at the Paramount annual ram sale in Mataura last week.

Kacee Flannery, of Waipori, shows her blacknose Valais ram lamb Bugsy Denzell, which won the top prize for his breed and age at the Taieri A&P Show in Mosgiel last month.

South Island dairy farmers are waving goodbye to another double-digit milk payout as global supplies remain stubbornly high over the 2025-26 season.

Strong wool prices are rising sharply to nearly a 10-year high as overseas buyers scramble to secure orders in a global shortage.

Five new public fishing access points have been established on the upper Catlins River, Otago Fish & Game has announced.