Shawn McAvinue

AgResearch chief executive Sue Bidrose has nearly finished her first year in her new role and has "absolutely loved" it.

The Campbell family welcomed buyers to the Earnscleugh Station 36th Annual Bull Sale in Central Otago last week.

Physical therapist Hennie Pienaar opens his injury prevention workshops by asking meat industry staff if they want to live longer or die earlier.

An Australian boy’s dream of a career in the pastoral industries was born during an annual working holiday on a Strath Taieri farm.

An Otago family will continue to play the "hard game" and give "100%" to its sheep and beef stud businesses.

An overseas investor is seeking to buy a sheep and beef station in South Otago, sparking fears the productive farmland could become a carbon forestry block and force families out of the community.

South Otago bull breeders Garry and Julene McCorkindale have spent $45,000 on a bull in a bid to continue a "proud" 30-year history of improving the genetic traits of their herd.

The average sale price for Simmental bulls has never been higher at a West Otago stud, but mostly the "top bulls" were being bought, a stud master says.

A "ripper" barn dance in a historic woolshed in Middlemarch is set to return after a successful trial run.

About 70 people attended the Leafland Simmental 20th annual bull sale in North Taieri last week.

Self-proclaimed "wool freak" Craig Smith is challenging school pupils to find innovative ways to use "the best fibre in the world".

Middlemarch stud owner Lindsay Carruthers’ stomach is in knots — it must be bull sale season.

Northern Southland sheep dog Syd has been in the wars.

Government intrusions are causing "anxiety and confusion" for deer farmers, a sector head says.

One-eyed Southland dog Wink has transformed from an "angry" pup to a "perfect" weed detector.

Any criticism of Deer Industry New Zealand relying on international chefs to buy its premium venison cuts is "understandable", but when restaurants reopen so will the market which brings the best...

Buckle up, Buttercup.

A frustrated southern beef farmer has been waiting months to get cattle on a truck as meat processors work overtime to reduce a bovine backlog.

Southern students considering careers in the red meat processing and exporting sector were among the Meat Industry Association scholarship recipients for 2021. In a series, reporter Shawn McAvinue...