Shawn McAvinue

As mortgage rates and on-farm inflation rise and commodity prices fall, a series of events are being held across Southland to help farmers navigate testing times.

If the weather plays its part, there will be ploughing matches in Northern Southland this weekend.

Shawn McAvinue asks Southern dairy farmers early last week how calving on their farm was progressing and how they would rate the season so far out of 10, taking into consideration a...

Southland will host four world shearing record attempts this summer.

An agribusiness teacher shortage is biting across New Zealand, a woman on a southern sojourn to attract more staff to the sector says.

As mortgage rates and on-farm inflation rise and commodity prices fall, a series of events are being held across Southland to help farmers navigate testing times.

A Taieri man with a rich history in the farming sector has been looking at life differently since his doctor gave him a dire diagnosis.

Anyone seeking a career in the agriculture sector should consider studying at the University of Otago, a group of students launching an association to explore the sector says.

Northern Southland farmer Nicky Thompson has been selected to judge the straight hunt at next year's South Island Dog Trial Championships.

Northern Southland farmer Nicky Thompson will judge the straight hunt at next year’s South Island Sheep Dog Trial Championships — the first woman to judge an island championship.

Taieri tractor mechanic Greg Bishop is a finalist in the 2023 New Zealand John Deere Technician of the Year Awards.

Southland Holstein Friesian breeders Robert and Annemarie Bruin have six heifers selected for the 2023 Discovery Project team.

A British forestry investor has paid $7.7 million for nearly 370ha of land in Northern Southland.

Central Cherry Orchard Ltd Partnership of Central Otago is among the finalists for the 2023 Primary Industries Good Employer Awards.

You do not have to be strict with a whip but you can teach them how to use their mind more than their physicality.

A crew from a Wairarapa hill country sheep and beef farm were in Canterbury last month, as part of a national run to showcase their ram breeds including Nudies.

Reporter Shawn McAvinue questions shepherds at a Womolife course, teaching the skills of crutching, wool handling, penning and pressing of strong wool, on Jeff...

Southern wool harvesting mentors are calling for the government to resume funding for training of wool harvesting to attract more young people to the sector.

Uppercuts Butchery in Winton won a gold medal for its loin bacon in the 100% New Zealand Bacon and Ham Awards in Auckland.

A call is being made for vendors to sell their working dogs at a charity event near Gore this month.