Tim Cronshaw

Canterbury dairy farmers are sitting tight rather than banking on signals for a mid-$8 payout next season.

A long farming stint dating back to 1843 by a Banks Peninsula family takes some beating, writes Tim Cronshaw.

Hororata farmer John Grigg is helping a multi-agency project keep trout and eels out of a stretch of the Bealey Stream so the critically threatened Canterbury mudfish can thrive.

Wool researchers are getting closer to commercialising new pigments after making a technical breakthrough.

Australian pest control expert Dr Paul Horne likes nothing better than to squeeze a caterpillar apart to see if a maggot is wriggling inside.

Christchurch-based Anzco Foods’ $60.9 million profit after tax is going against the tide of major meat processors recording losses.

A Mid Canterbury collective of mainly farmer-led catchment groups has found bringing the community together to improve local environments is paying off.

A rural and urban catchment group near Ashburton is cleaning up a stream with a local solutions for local problems approach.

Timaru ploughman Bob Mehrtens is heading for a tilt at the world title again after yet another win in the reversible class at the national ploughing championships.

Erewhon Station farmer Colin Drummond is baffled by senseless red tape on extensively run high country properties.

Lincoln University’s earthquake-damaged Burns building is a shell of its former self as demolition contractors work to level the site.

Mid Canterbury farmer Jonathon Hoets will get an insider’s view of the inner workings of DairyNZ’s governance in the boardroom.

Associate Minister of Agriculture Mark Patterson has acknowledged the frustrations of high country farmers going through the mill of many challenges.

Farmers say they are only part of the problem and only part of the solution when it comes to the falling water quality of Mid Canterbury's Ashburton Lakes.

Clutha farmer and Associate Minister of Agriculture Mark Patterson has acknowledged the frustrations of high country farmers going through the mill of many challenges.

Here comes the bride — a young  woman moving fast in dairying has plenty on her plate, Tim Cronshaw writes.

Contract milker Alan Robson da Veiga can thank a whiteboard error for improved communication lines at a Southbridge farm.

As sea changes go, this is a big one with a North Canterbury couple to transition from high country farmers to blue ocean sailors, Tim Cronshaw writes.

High farm costs have failed to halt Mid Canterbury farmer Daniel Blair from making savings and lifting his bottom line after investing in fence-less technology.

A Canterbury dairy manager has come a long way since tending a few cows for his family in India, Tim Cronshaw writes.