Rural life

Zentera Wool Company has lined up about 10 new farmers and more are needed to help fill a contract for certified crossbred wool at a record clean price of $6.50-$7 a kilogram.

Your child will do better in their education if there are strong connections between home and school or kura.

Rising fuel costs and power outages energised a group of Southland deer farmers to hold a field day exploring alternative energy solutions.

"It makes bloody good financial sense," a southern banker says about farmers installing solar.

Shareholding farmer-suppliers of Fonterra got paid a share from the $4.2 billion sale of the co-operative’s well-known brands including Anchor butter and Mainland cheese.

He might be a national champion, but it was just another day on the handpiece yesterday for young Oamaru shearing sensation Tye Meikle.

For nearly a century, the Kane family have farmed their 668ha property at Tapanui.

Waimate vet Ryan Luckman is not one to shy away from a challenge.