4+ hour, 45+ min ago   (508+ words) West Otago livestock reproductive services trainer Kylie Dorr is the supreme winner of the 2026 Rural Women Business Awards. She won the supreme prize and emerging enterprise category at a gala dinner in the banquet hall at Parliament, Wellington on Thursday....

21+ hour, 16+ min ago   (527+ words) Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell has announced he is leaving the dairy co-op after 25 years. Appointed the chief executive officer in 2018, he was tasked with leading a reset of the business to turn around Fonterra's financial performance and rebuild farmers…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1119+ words) Dairy farmers Ann and Scott Henderson family have taken the next step in their career, calling time on sharemilking in South Otago to enter an equity partnership in Central Southland this season. The couple talk to Shawn McAvinue about their…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (979+ words) Dairy farmers Ann and Scott Henderson have proven the property agents wrong and bought their first farm. "This is home now," Mrs Henderson said about their new farm Endowment Dairies in Central Southland. "It is a pretty cool place to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (746+ words) Rabbits continue to thrive despite a continual effort to control them, a Waihola dairy farmer says. "They keep coming back at us," Nigel Hallis said, looking at scores of rabbits in one of his paddocks. "We are trying our best…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (588+ words) Sheep, beef and dairy graziers Laura and Justin Davie showcased their bale-grazing system on their 230ha farm Longview in Fairfax, southeast of Otautau. Longview was the third and final stop on the Lower Aparima Catchment Group "whitebait and wintering" tour earlier…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (398+ words) Former Auckland butcher Johnny Williams relocated to Timaru with his family last year and since November has been a staple at the weekly Timaru Artisan Farmers Market. Operating a stall as Bluestone Meats, Mr Williams primarily makes and sells artisan…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (371+ words) The 29-year-old dairy farmer from Tuatapere claimed the title of FMG Young Farmer of the Year in New Plymouth on Saturday night following a "fiercely contested" competition against six other regional champions. Arriving home on Sunday night, Mr Slee said…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (409+ words) In a statement, B+LNZ chairwoman Kate Acland said the latest Sheep and Beef On-farm Inflation report showing total on-farm inflation was flat for the second year in a row. The on-farm inflation rate was -0.9% in the year to March…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (649+ words) The "best of the best" southern dairy heifers will be pioneers of the repurposing of a large Taieri shed to chase genetic gains. Dairy farmers Cameron and Anna Edgecombe, in partnership with her parents Gerald and Karen Holmes, bought former…...