Dairy hub starts to hit its straps
Dairy hub starts to hit its straps
About 50 people attended a field day at the hub farm, about 15km north of Invercargill, last week.
Shawn McAvinue
Connections made on Australian tour
Connections made on Australian tour
Angus New Zealand vice president Mike Smith, of Queenstown, at Millah Murrah bull sale in Australia last month.
Red meat pricing ‘going in the right direction’
Red meat pricing ‘going in the right direction’
Red meat prices remain "solid" as a southern farmer calls for simpler kill sheets and better auditors.
Record profits for Alliance Group
Record profits for Alliance Group
Red meat processor and exporter Alliance Group is celebrating a record profit, but supply-chain challenges remain, bosses say.
Lay of the land
Lay of the land
Farmers planting winter crops in paddocks with more than a 10-degree slope, near a critical source area, or if their farm has either 10% in winter grazing — or more than...
Cows more inclined to recline in paddocks with pugging
Cows more inclined to recline in paddocks with pugging
Dairy cows will lie down more in a paddock with pugging than one where water is pooling, a scientist says.
Call for bale wrap changes
Call for bale wrap changes
Calls have been made for bale wrap to be only one colour and for farmers to be discounted for presenting it in a top condition for recycling.
Field day fodder
Field day fodder
The cows at Southern Dairy Hub are producing more milk despite a smaller winter crop footprint this season.
Auction sees record price for bull at sale, twice
Auction sees record price for bull at sale, twice
The self-proclaimed best work of bull breeder Rodney Dobson set a record for the highest bid at his on-farm sale in Western Southland, but the title was short-lived.
Bull sale astounds
Bull sale astounds
The dairy bull season got under way in The South last week.
Ways to stay connected
Ways to stay connected
The theme of Mental Health Awareness Week this year is to reconnect with the people and places which lift you up.
Keeping the cattle moooving
Keeping the cattle moooving
Shawn McAvinue talks to Palmerston Saleyards chairwoman Anita Vickers before the start of the first Palmerston Spring Cattle Sale last week.
Stag party celebrates 50 years
Stag party celebrates 50 years
Nearly 140 people attended a celebration of 50 years of deer farming science excellence at Invermay Agricultural Centre in Mosgiel last week.
Invermay marks 50 years of deer farming science
Invermay marks 50 years of deer farming science, research
Deer science at Invermay Agricultural Centre in Dunedin is helping a "little industry that could" aspire to become a $1 billion sector.
Season slow but it beats work
Season slow but it beats work
Shearer Aaron Robinson (left), of Warrington, weighs whitebait with his uncle Ross Moore, of Temuka, at Waikouaiti River nearly 40km north of central Dunedin.
Merino Shears leading the way
Merino Shears leading the way
A squad of Indigenous Australian shearers and woolhandlers is set to compete in the 61st New Zealand Merino Shears competition in Alexandra from Friday.
Beef calf rearers exiting the industry
Beef calf rearers exiting the industry
Beef calf rearers are exiting the industry due to decreasing profit margins, a southern stock agent says.
English hands to the plough
English hands to the plough
English farm machinery operators are travelling to the South to bridge a "dire" staff shortage, agricultural contractors say.
Deer welfare code feedback sought
Deer welfare code feedback sought
Feedback is being sought on proposed changes to the code of welfare for deer.
A can-do attitude
Clearing sale to stop temptation to work
Green Island Bush Farms Ross Smaill will be clearing out his shed in Dunedin on Friday. The self-proclaimed workaholic talks to Shawn McAvinue about how his body has been telling him to take it easy since a tragic accident.