Cavalier Wool Holdings has made a $40 million conditional offer for the assets and liabilities of wool scour operator and marketer New Zealand Wool Services International (WSI).
An $850,000 contestable fund, established to drive further growth of the red-meat industry, has attracted 10 applications seeking nearly $1.6 million.
"It's a great time to be a farmer." South Otago farmer Stafford Ferguson was responding yesterday to Fonterra's announcement of a record payout for the season.
Farmers are being asked to pay their fair share for agricultural emissions - "nothing more, nothing less", Labour's economic development spokesman, David Parker, says.
Peter Clulee is enjoying a well-deserved break.
Southern beef breeders enjoyed considerable success at the Beef and Lamb New Zealand beef expo at Feilding.
Grant Calder pulls no punches when he says "life in a wheelchair is a bit of a s ... ".
When Max and Lois Harrison were recently honoured at the New Zealand Century Farm Awards, they, in turn, were honouring their pioneering ancestors.
Des Neill's work in the agricultural aviation industry mirrors what is happening with sheep and beef farmers.
Otago has achieved the top annual average rate of economic growth nationwide for the year ending March.
Environment Southland has "had a gutsful" of non-compliance by dairy farmers in the region.
Jayne Kingan is in a quandary - just what does she do with her breasts?
Fonterra is on track for record production for the 2010-11 season, thanks to some of the best autumn weather conditions in recent years.
North Island entrants enjoyed a clean sweep when the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards were presented in Queenstown on Saturday night.
Paul Goldsbury-Hapi likes nothing better than bringing home the bacon.
When Palmerston farmer and South Devon breeder Fraser Wilson was looking for a name for a bull, he could not go past World Cup.
Don Nicolson is counting down. His tenure as national president of Federated Farmers will come to an end at the organisation's national conference at Rotorua on June 29 to July 1.
Making the final of the Beef and Lamb New Zealand Steak of Origin Challenge should prove Dexter cattle are a viable commercial breed, breeder Julia Eden says.
A project based on hill-country irrigation has secured about $250,000 from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's sustainable farming fund.
Experienced Palmerston dog triallist Lloyd Smithfinished third in the short head and yard at the South Island championships at Hakataramea yesterday.
