‘Crazy money’ spent at Limehills bull sale
‘Crazy money’ spent at Limehills bull sale
A Hereford bull sold for "crazy money" at a bull sale in Teviot Valley last week.
Shawn McAvinue
Limehills Blast Hereford bull sells for ‘crazy’ $42,000
Limehills Blast Hereford bull sells for ‘crazy’ $42,000
A Hereford bull sold for "crazy money" at a bull sale in Teviot Valley last week.
Recipe: Pork belly burgers at Maniototo sale
Recipe: Pork belly burgers at Maniototo sale
In a new series, Shawn McAvinue asks food producers at rural events in the South to share their recipes.
Tough conditions produce good stock
Tough conditions produce good stock
Extreme weather conditions on a high-country station in the Maniototo allow for the best breeding of Charolais cattle in the country, Glen Ayr Station manager Drew Dundass says.
Staying in the hunt
Staying in the hunt
Millers Flat Collie Club president Cam Bain, of Moa Flat, will compete in the North Island and New Zealand sheep dog trial championships in the King Country from Monday. Shawn McAvinue asks...
Lone Pine sale the last
Lone Pine sale the last
The 25th annual bull sale at Lone Pine Simmental stud in West Otago tomorrow will be the last.
Founding trust member calls it a day after 15 years
Founding trust member calls it a day after 15 years
After launching the organisation now known as Southland Rural Support Trust, farmer Russell Falconer is not seeking re-election at the trust’s annual meeting in Invercargill today.
Huge changes going to free-range operation in largest egg business
Huge changes going to free-range operation in largest egg business
Shawn McAvinue visits two Zeagold Nutrition facilities in East Otago, including a free-range farm near Moeraki, which supplies some of the 650,000 eggs graded in Waikouaiti every day of the year, and finds happy hens and an industry in its final stage of reset.
Drawbacks of proposed pig welfare changes
Drawbacks of proposed pig welfare changes
If a new draft code of welfare for pigs gets approval, thousands of piglets will be crushed and piggeries will close, Otago pork producers say.
Southern voices on land use
Southern voices on land use
As more farms are sold for forestry conversion, Shawn McAvinue asks southern bull breeders: do you think the land-use change will soften demand at your upcoming sale? Clayton Peters of Peters...
Is this the South’s fattest tree?
Is this the South’s fattest tree? You decide...
We love being sent photos by readers, especially one which lays down a challenge.
Jersey dairy cow breaks NZ record
Jersey dairy cow breaks NZ record
That’s a lot of moolah.
Retirement looms for veteran agent
Retirement looms for veteran agent
When Rural Livestock agent Don Roney retires at the end of next month, he will call time on a more than 50-year career.
Reaping the rewards of maize crop
Reaping the rewards of maize crop
In a bid to protect against the impact of dry conditions, a trial maize crop on a West Otago dairy farm will return next season and be more than twice the size.
Sale bulls in good shape despite dry
Sale bulls in good shape despite dry
The Angus bulls set to feature at a sale in Beaumont are in good nick despite dry conditions biting this season, a farm manager says.
Support, advice provided at morale booster
Support, advice provided at morale booster
Tips to battle "insidious" droughts and avoid a financial hangover were shared in Ōwaka and Clinton last week.
School exchange highlights rural jobs
School exchange highlights rural jobs
A group of South Auckland teenagers have been given a taste of rural life in West Otago.
On-farm sale success
On-farm sale success
The solid reputation of calves on offer at back-to-back sales on five stations in Upper Clutha attracted a good spread of buyers last week.
Summer ‘driest since records began’
Summer ‘driest since records began’
A dry summer "exacerbated" by a parched March has set records across the South, Niwa says.
The need for feed: Supplementary feed necessary but not available
The need for feed: Supplementary feed necessary but not available
Parts of the South have been the driest on record for the four past months.