Shawn McAvinue

Farmers will get their chance to hear from the head of meat processor Alliance Group when a roadshow visits the South next month.

A Southland woolhander played a supporting role in the setting of a world shearing record last week.

Southlander Kate Cummings was among the competitors in animal preparation techniques to represent New Zealand and secure a podium finish at the 2023 European Young Breeders School in Belgium this...

Timber — the Clutha District Council is calling for the felling of a new sign promoting farm forestry.

The grass is growing, sparking "buoyant" bidding at the Balclutha Spring Cattle Sale last week, a stock agent says.

Southern Velvet Buyers owner and Deer Genetics NZ stud master Kelly Bennett, of Geraldine, travelled the South buying hard antlers and buttons last week.

An application for a Swiss company to buy an Otago sheep farm to convert to forestry has been declined, making it one of the first to be made under updated legislation.

Outside the razor wire but within the Otago Corrections Facility grounds lies a dairy farm in South Otago. The number of prisoners working on the farm has reduced in...

A Clutha sheep and beef farmer is among the politicians set to go head to head in a debate on their primary sector policies tomorrow night.

The Food & Agriculture Student Association launched at an event on the University of Otago campus in Dunedin last week.

Land-use change is impacting on livestock numbers, including a fall in beef cattle weaners, despite Southland bucking that trend, Beef + Lamb New Zealand says.

Southland’s dairy sector contributes nearly $1billion to the economy, employing nearly one in five people in the district, a new report shows.

Southland student Caleb Dudin believes the principles of sustainability and kaitiakitanga are interwoven through Māori agribusiness and could help New Zealand farmers future-proof their operations.

Dunedin fencer Michael Conijn was named the trainee of the year at the inaugural Fencing Contractors Association of New Zealand Industry Awards.

No prosecutions have been pursued for breaking tail-docking rules, the Ministry for Primary Industries says.

An inaugural charity cruise is set to remember late South Otago rural contractor Joseph "Moss" Cross.

A North Otago dairy farmer in the thick of calving is seeing the benefits of embracing new technology, including smart collars and DNA testing.

DairyNZ and other industry supporters put on a series of free cooked brunches across the South to give farmers and their staff an opportunity to catch up mid-calving.

Southland shepherd Dean Stewart lived the life of a celebrity in the Land of the Rising Sun.