Rural life

Otago farmers have been using the nProve Beef genetics tool to make better breeding decisions and drive genetic improvement in their herds, Beef + Lamb New Zealand says.

Prices for in-fawn hinds are down due to softer demand for velvet, a Southland deer farmers says.

A tree industry expert and former minister of forestry has condemned "lock and leave" carbon farming, but says you still can not tell farmers what to do with their land.

Irish meat company Dawn Meats Group will take a 65% stake of Alliance Group, subject to the co-operative’s farmer-shareholders giving the deal a tick.

Rural professional;, sheep farmer, mother and endurance race competitor — life is just busy enough for Southlander Keely Buckingham.

Nearly 15,000ha across three stations, the "heart" of a sheep and beef breeding and finishing business, is on the market in the South.

An historic church building on a dairy farm has sold and is staying in West Otago.

Christchurch-based Ravensdown has reported a loss of $5.4 million after tax and one-off costs for the year ending May, with the costly closing of Dunedin fertiliser manufacturing among business...

Rural mental health advocate Kathryn Wright is undertaking what she believes to be the first social research in New Zealand on population loss due to forestry conversions.