Shawn McAvinue

A team of Southland shearers lost the Colin King Shield but Invercargill shearer Nathan Stratford remains on target to win another national shearing circuit title.

Farmers feeling the pinch and the apathy of young breeders may be reasons for a lack of livestock entries in the coming South Otago A&P Show, society secretary Heather Dudfield says.

Shearer Emma Martin, 28, of Gore, talks to reporter Shawn McAvinue  after last month’s Ashburton A&P Show.

New research shows there is no rural-urban divide in New Zealand, academics say.

A couple of farmers showed their rams for sale at open days in Waitahuna West, about 15km south of Lawrence, last week. 

Farmers feeling the pinch and the apathy of young breeders may be reasons for a lack of livestock entries in the upcoming South Otago A&P Show, society secretary Heather Dudfield says.

Shearer Emma Martin, 28, of Gore, talks to reporter Shawn McAvinue after last month’s Ashburton A&P Show.

A score of seed libraries is set to be scattered around rural communities in the South.

A small rural school with a big heart is set to host the 55th Fiordland District Pet Show, Rural School Gala and Agriculture Day in Western Southland on Friday.

Dairy farmer Hamish Jenkins has been milking his cows on the farm surrounding Dunedin Airport for more than a decade.

A Maniototo dairy farmer is embracing GPS mapping and automated data management to spread fertiliser this season to save time and money.

Nitrogen — is it still economic to use?

DairyNZ principal regional policy adviser David Cooper, of Dunedin, talks to Shawn McAvinue about a national policy statement on freshwater management for Otago&nbsp...

Southland sheep and beef farmers Dexter and Sharyn Nind have sold up to retire in Central Otago, the region where the farming career of a teenage Dexter had a sudden start.

University of Otago agricultural students are calling on the government to allow them to be able to apply for scholarships designed to support future on-farm advisers.

New technology allowing the methane emissions of cattle to be measured on farms will bolster the efforts to reduce the climate change impact of livestock in New Zealand and overseas, a southern...

Farmers and veterinarians need to remain vigilant to minimise the incidence of antimicrobial resistance, New Zealand Food Safety says.

Horse riders are set to monkey around to raise money to buy warratahs and wire to restore more horse paddocks at back-country huts in Southland, a farmer says.

More than 30 people attended a DairyNZ pasture skills day on the Manuka Creek dairy farm in Charlton between Gore and Mataura last week.