Shawn McAvinue

Shawn McAvinue talks to triallist Alex Delay (27), the winner of the heading dog event at the Black & Tan Young Guns run-off at Jeff Farm between Mataura and Clinton earlier this...

The Tokomairiro Ploughing Association hosted the 68th New Zealand 2023 Ploughing Championships in Milton last week.

About 30 judges scrutinised the plots at the 68th New Zealand 2023 Ploughing Championships in Milton last week.

Splitting the soil is easy — putting it back together is the real skill, Taieri ploughman Murray Grainger says.

About 100 people attended back-to-back calf sales at five stations in Upper Clutha last week. 

Southland student George Heenan anticipates a bright future working in the red meat sector.

More than 1000 heifers and steers were on offer at the Omakau 2nd Calf Sale in Central Otago last week. 

Shawn McAvinue talks to Upper Manuherikia Young Farmers Club president Hope Oliver between droving a herd of cattle at the Omakau Second Calf Sale in Central Otago last week.

The Allison family have been tilling the soil on their family farm in Clutha for nearly 140 years.

A West Otago dairy trainee is on a path to reach her full potential in the dairy industry.

Dairy farming is "quicker and bigger" in New Zealand, a British expat milking cows in West Otago says.

Western Southland sharemilkers Michael and Shahn Smith are reaching for the stars.

A series of workshops to help farmers get their intensive winter grazing consents sorted is being extended.

A West Otago dairy trainee is on a path to reach her full potential in the dairy industry.

About 80 people attended a field day of the Southland and Otago regional winners of the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards in Riverton last week. 

Dairy farming is "quicker and bigger" in New Zealand, a British expat milking cows in West Otago says.

Western Southland sharemilkers Michael and Shahn Smith will represent the South in the share farmer of the year category at the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards in Auckland next month.

Shawn McAvinue spends five minutes talking to New Zealand Young Farmers Otago and Southland treasurer and Thornbury Young Farmers Club chairwoman Emma Wilson...

Southern fare shone at the Outstanding New Zealand Food Producer Awards.