The New Zealand Merino Company says "significant challenges" in the 2024 financial year led to it posting a $3.29 million full-year net loss after tax.
A $150 million investment into a southern town’s biggest employer will be tremendous boon to the Southland community, resident and Southland district councillor Paul Duffy says.
A fire that scorched more than 800ha of Waitaki farmland, tussock and scrub was brought under control through a massive firefighting effort at the weekend.
Farmers could be big winners if a new device being developed by University of Canterbury students can detect Johne’s disease in cattle faster than week-long laboratory tests.
Dairy co-operative Fonterra’s $75 million high value protein development at its Studholme site will create jobs in the Waimate area as well as adding value for farmers, it says.
Footage of dead sheep and lambs on a muddy Southland farm has prompted a call-out from an animal welfare lobby group and an investigation from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).
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.
Southern sheep farmers saw an almost $100,000 drop in revenue per farm in 2023-24 on the back of low farmgate prices, Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s new season outlook report shows.