Sally Brooker

While the new potato season is being celebrated in a national campaign, North Otago's Jersey Benne harvest has hardly begun.

Waitaki Valley vineyards escaped the ''weather bomb'' that threatened the industry in Central Otago this month.

A dairy farmer whose herd is infected with Mycoplasma bovis feels let down by the Ministry for Primary Industries.

Fencing industry folk from a large part of the South Island converged on a North Otago landmark on October 25.

New Zealand may be unable to feed its growing population with domestically grown fruit and vegetables in the future, a report shows.

Spring is arriving slowly on New Zealand farms, the latest ``BNZ Rural Wrap'' says.

The 50th annual Waimate Shears proved a huge drawcard for the town on October 13-14.

The second annual East Otago Field Days was ``a fantastic event'', organising committee chief executive Paul Mutch says.

``It's an excruciating time'' for the farmers whose cattle have to be culled because of Mycoplasma bovis, Sarah Barr says.

Intensive farming of housed livestock could pose difficulties for animal health, Ministry for Primary Industries technical liaison officer Victoria Barrell says.

Misinformation allegedly spread by stock agents is preventing South Canterbury farmers from selling their bulls, Bill Wright says.

Visitors thronged  the Palmerston Saleyards yesterday morning for the East Otago Field Days.

The inaugural Waitaki Arts Festival will be held from September 21 to October 8.

A teenager who made people take notice with his youthful  wisdom will speak in Oamaru on Monday night.

A set of bagpipes played at the first A&P show in Waikouaiti in 1866  resonated  again on Saturday.

North Otago’s Kakanui River, the subject of a three-year community programme that finished in October, has a new champion.

Getting the fruit ready in time for today’s  Strawberry Fare has been a big mission at Butler’s Berry Farm, near Waimate.