Shawn McAvinue

Composting barns a warmer way in winter conditions

Dairy farmer Ryan Sutherland bought his family's farm on the Taieri earlier this month. He talks to Shawn McAvinue about the benefits of composting barns and the value of life experience.

Fossil Creek Angus bull sale

More than 70 black bulls were on offer at the 23rd annual Fossil Creek Angus bull sale in North Otago last week.

Edi-bull: June 21

In the series, Shawn McAvinue asks the people making the food served at bull sales in the South to share their recipes.

Buyers ‘went home happy’ at sale

Bull Fossil Creek Skecher S293 sold for the top price of $19,000 to a buyer from Danseys Pass at...

Buyers ‘went home happy’ at sale

Buyers came from across New Zealand to bid on black at the 23rd annual Fossil Creek Angus bull sale in North Otago last week.

Dealership reaches 65, set to open new branch

JJ Ltd managing director Paul Jones is celebrating his family serving the agricultural community...

Dealership reaches 65, set to open new branch

Tractor dealership JJ Ltd is opening a new branch in Cromwell.

Crop contest raises $83K for causes

Taieri dairy farmer Philip Wilson holds swedes from a cultivated crop on his run-off in Momona,...

Crop contest raises $83K for causes

More than $80,000 was raised for the 2023 Taieri Winter Crop Competition and Charity Auction.

Top bull sells for $14,000

Bull Monymusk Quebec 210042 sold for the top price of $14,000 at the Monymusk Polled Herefords 35th annual bull sale in Te Anau.

Retirement beckons for stud owners

Retirement beckons for stud owners

Central Otago sheep and beef farmers Geof and Joyce Brown have sold their farm and are set to retire, ending a career of more than half a century breeding Hereford cattle.

Staying keen with the ‘gentleman’s farming system’

Frei Dairy farm owner Adrian Frei makes nearly all of the feed on his organic farm including hay...

Staying keen with the ‘gentleman’s farming system’

Northern Southland organic dairy farmer Adrian Frei’s pursuit of happiness differs from others in the industry at his stage of life.

Cottage to become awards HQ

A fit-out of a historic Clutha cottage is under way to open a headquarters for the New Zealand Century Farms and Station Awards.

Quality genetics heading South

Some top Holstein Friesian genetics are heading South after dispersal sales across New Zealand.

Soil mapping project praised

A Southland vegetable grower is singing the praises of a project mapping soil types to help them make better management decisions.

Middlemarch next stop on wellness tour

Middlemarch next stop on wellness tour

Sheep and beef farmer and Country Living presenter Matt Chisholm is bringing his Time Out Tour to Middlemarch on Friday.

At the Earnscleugh bull sale

Sub-zero temperatures did not deter scores of people attending Earnscleugh Station’s 38th annual bull sale near Alexandra last week.

Black beauty

Rising 2-year-old bull Peters Angus 21241 sold for the top price of $12,000 at the Peters Angus 14th annual bull sale in Beaumont last week.

Edi-bull: Vic's ginger crunch

In a series, Shawn McAvinue asks the people making the food served at bull sales in the South to share their recipes.

New AgResearch modelling on the impacts of climate change on lamb survival and lambing date in the South shows a potential for farmers to be able to schedule lambing up to 20 days earlier than their current practice by 2040.

M Bovis a 'traumatic' time for former RST chair

Dairy farmer John Kennedy reflects on his time with the Southland Rural Support Trust after...

M Bovis a 'traumatic' time for former RST chair

Central Southland dairy farmer John Kennedy finds it hard to talk about a tough period of his life.

An eye on the future

An eye on the future

Sheep and beef farmer Jimmy Hill has launched a Simmental stud in Teviot Valley.

Cherry orchardist Central’s young grower of the year

Cherri Global Clyde-Roxburgh sector manager Greg Durand, of Clyde, is the 2023 Central Otago...

Cherry orchardist Central’s young grower of the year

Cherry orchard manager Greg Durand is the winner of the Central Otago Young Grower of the Year competition, and is off to the national final in October.

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