Emergency experience put to use
Emergency experience put to use
Sharon Cousins, of Wairepa, has been involved in Civil Defence and Emergency Management since 2016, throughout the country.
Southern Rural Life
Leader learnt a lot in dairy industry
Leader learnt a lot in dairy industry
‘‘It was like being dropped into the mothership of emergency management.’’
‘Good opportunity to promote NZ story’
‘Good opportunity to promote NZ story’
New Zealand’s Hereford cattle industry was on show last week when delegates from around the world attended the week-long Boehringer Ingelheim World Hereford Conference in Queenstown. They also...
Triallist makes New Zealand event
Triallist makes New Zealand event
In her second year of competing with sheep dog Hook, Jade Kelly is on the way to achieving one of her goals.
Encouraging young people into agriculture
Encouraging young people into agriculture
It all started with horseshoes, clothes pegs, fence standards and pine cones.
Memory of loyal supporter honoured at show
Memory of loyal supporter honoured at show
North Otago A&P Association stalwart Dave McClea was remembered during a special event at this year’s show.
Pupils get practical farm insights
Pupils get practical farm insights
Understanding interconnections in farming was the purpose of a recent field trip for Waitaki Girls’ High School agriculture pupils.
Trail ride gives school huge boost
Trail ride gives school huge boost
What started as a little school fundraiser on some dirt bikes has since attracted thousands of motocross riders, some travelling from as far away as Australia, Japan and Scotland.
Mataura Rodeo full of action
Mataura Rodeo full of action
The Mataura Rodeo was scheduled to take place on February 8 but because of flooding in the Gore district was postponed until Saturday.
Farm ownership at last - with help of family
Farm ownership at last - with help of family
He has realised his lifelong dream and bought his first farm in his 60s, but Tom Law says it couldn’t have happened without the next generation jumping on board and sharing in his passion. Alice...
A life-long passion for dog trialling
A life-long passion for dog trialling
Veteran dog triallist Ian ‘‘Ginger’ Anderson likes to win. But it is not everything he says, so long as ‘‘someone deserving’’ beats him.
Farmers unite for water
Farmers unite for water
East Otago Catchment Group co-chairperson Katie Barns and secretary Stephanie Scott have been inspired to help facilitate farmer-led change for the improvement of waterways and streams in the area....
Recording data ‘will keep business safe’
Recording data ‘will keep business safe’
Health and safety is not about putting a high visibility cone at ‘‘every pot hole’’ or ‘‘micro-managing every man and his dog’’, WorkSafe inspector Karl Sankey says.
Dogs ‘become an extension of you’
Dogs ‘become an extension of you’
Moa Flat farmer Cam Bain says he is always working to perfect his dog training skills, mostly out of necessity: ‘‘chasing a mob of lambs around on foot sucks.’’
New action group on winter grazing
New action group on winter grazing
Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has announced the members of a new action group tasked with implementing recommendations to improve animal welfare in winter grazing systems.
Rescued rusty treasure
Rescued rusty treasure
Horsepower of a different kind greeted riders on the final day of the Goldfields Cavalcade to Patearoa.
New breed key to organic success
New breed key to organic success
Imagine a breed of sheep that requires no dagging, shearing, vaccinations or dipping. It is highly fertile, lives a reproductive life of 15 years or more and puts all of its energy into producing...
Southland Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Southland Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Four farming operations are contenders in this year’s Southland Ballance Farm Environment Awards. The winners will be announced at an awards function in Invercargill on April 3.
Otago Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Otago Ballance Farm Environment Awards
Five finalists have been named in this year’s Otago Ballance Farm Environment Awards. The winners will be announced at an awards function in the Glenroy Auditorium, Dunedin, on April 2.
No problem too big for field days crew
No problem too big for field days crew
Still slightly dusty from a Friday night post-field days ‘‘debrief’’, Southern Field Days president Warren Ross answered his phone on Sunday evening for what was quite possibly the thousandth time...