Sally Rae

It's all about teamwork for New Zealand ewe hogget competition winners Phill Hunt and Lizzie Carruthers.

"Awesome" is how Clinton ploughman Scott McKenzie describes his experience of competing at the world ploughing championships in Sweden.

Gimmerburn farmers Tony and Liz O'Neill have won the Maniototo ewe hogget competition.

There have been changes in personnel at Federated Farmers branches across the country after recent annual meetings. Sally Rae catches up with newly elected North Otago president Richard Strowger, and Otago junior vice-president Eloise Neeley.

Changes to wine excise tax regulations, benefiting more than half the country's wineries, have been welcomed.

There's something special about a Clydesdale horse. Clydesdale Horse Society of New Zealand president Bill Affleck believes the allure stems from what the gentle giants have achieved in the farming world.

If you had told former Stewart Island fisherman Dil Belworthy that he would end up owning a chain of clothing stores, he would have said being abducted by aliens was more likely.

The ANZ commodity price index has continued to rise - posting a 0.3% increase in May, the ninth consecutive monthly rise in the series.

Frans Laas has a honey of a job. The Mosgiel man, who breeds bees, is one of only two people involved in commercial beekeeping in New Zealand who artificially inseminates bees on a large scale.

Robert Bulle has a simple message for New Zealand farmers concerned about the National Animal Identification and Tracing scheme - "embrace it".

David Studholme believes New Zealand's wool industry has turned the corner.

The Button family, from South Otago, enjoys showing good stock.

Simon Paterson has inherited his family's passion for wool.