Tim Cronshaw

South Canterbury agri-manager Gareth McKerchar played a safe hand to remain at the top of the Aorangi leaderboard and win a grand final berth at the FMG Young Farmer of the Year competition.

Amberley’s Wayne and Jenny Chisnall have bowed out of Southdown breeding on a high.

A Lincoln University student is studying how to make farms more resilient to natural disasters after his parents’ North Island farm was in the path of Cyclone Gabrielle last year.

New Zealand dog trials captain Neil Evans is one of two Canterbury finalists for the New Zealand rural sportsman of the year award.

Canterbury farmers making the most of stretching their water on dryland farms are among those sharing their ideas in a new Catch the Rain project.

North Canterbury farms are feeling the pinch of scorching summer temperatures leaving dryland paddocks parched and irrigators working hard to maintain ground moisture.

Central South Island farmers should not pin their hopes on the dry spell changing any time soon, with weather forecasters indicating there is little rain on the horizon.

Waimate sheep breeder Chris Medlicott has gifted a Southdown stud ram sold at his on-farm sale to a charity close to his heart.

Christchurch-raised Ashleigh Odams is among 33 graduate vets in the latest intake of the government’s Voluntary Bonding Scheme for Veterinarians (VBS).

Royalty fees are about to be enforced on farmers harvesting seed from protected wheat, barley and other crop varieties and saving it for future re-sowing.

Mid Canterbury sheep farmers are knuckling down during low lamb prices to get their ewe flocks in good condition for hopefully improved returns next season.

Synlait Milk has bumped up its forecast milk price.

Old trees submerged when South Canterbury’s Lake Opuha was first made are touching the water’s surface as water levels approach a 10-year low during a dry summer.

Central South Island farmers are keeping a weather eye on El Nino as eastern and inland districts enter the summer dry phase. Niwa’s latest seasonal climate&nbsp...

Vigilance is being urged as a windier summer increases the risk of a maize and sweetcorn pest being spread.

Lower fuel prices have done little to check rising running costs for rural contractors who have few options but to continue passing them on to their farmer customers.

John Brakenridge is not letting go of a disruptive streak after stepping away as chief executive of The New Zealand Merino Company (NZM).

A weed inflicting "excruciating" pain on Canterbury livestock has scientists estimating it could cost the country more than $1 billion if allowed to spread nationwide.

Dairy farmers are trying not to build up their hopes after the fourth rise in a row at the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction.

Lower fuel prices have done little to check rising running costs for rural contractors who have few options but to continue passing them on to their farmer customers.