The Canterbury A&P Association's board is keeping quiet after it emerged one of its own received $75,000 to help secure a $5m bailout deal with a council.
About 500 trail runners will be greeted at the finishing line of the Skedaddle race this weekend by Island Hills Station landowners Dan and Mandy Shand.
Rain at the weekend may have offered some farmers temporary relief from the dry, but more is needed, Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust wellness manager Frances Beeston says.
Financial worries have forced the organisers of the New Zealand Agricultural Show in Christchurch to postpone the event this year - but livestock judging and competitions will still be held.
Politicians are visiting woolsheds across New Zealand to hear about the issues affecting farmers to help the government determine its "direction of travel".
Financial and environmental stewardship has seen the Miller family of Roslyn Downs win the regional supreme award at the Southland Ballance Farm Environment Awards.