Sally Brooker

Mycoplasma bovis has spread to the Upper Waitaki.

A fifth-generation North Otago farming couple is one of five finalists in this year's Otago Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

Farmers do not need to get bogged down in paper to have a workable farm safety management system, an expert says.

The Waitaki Community Gardens will launch its first "Social Enterprise" on Sunday.

An Oamaru business is expanding into the United States farm animal handling and husbandry market.

Mycoplasma bovis is affecting people all along the cattle supply chain.

Farmer optimism has fallen for the first time in two years, the latest Farm Confidence Survey shows.

A popular rural matchmaking venture is about to be held for the fourth time.

A new variety of peach has been bred by North Otago orchardists Helen Brookes and Terry Fowler.

Change was in the air at the Black and Coloured Sheep Breeders' Association of New Zealand national sale on January 27.

A possible parvovirus outbreak has been detected in North Otago.

The future of the Hunter Downs irrigation scheme was still unknown last week.

North Otago's well-known Jersey benne potatoes are finally in full harvest, in time for Christmas.

It is too soon to say whether the latest cattle confirmed with Mycoplasma bovis will be culled.

Pastures containing plantain and Italian ryegrass could help reduce nitrogen leaching without compromising productivity.

What a difference a year makes.

Cattle culling is continuing on the South Canterbury dairy farms infected with Mycoplasma bovis.

The company behind the stalled Hunter Downs irrigation scheme will decide next week whether to go ahead or return funds to its shareholders.