Farmers are being asked to watch where their irrigation water goes.

North Otago's Jersey Benne harvest has been delayed.

Improved plant efficiencies have contributed to an increase in processed milk in Hokitika.

The high number of sea lions relaxing at Smaills Beach is a ''positive sign''.

Dunedin Botanic Garden staff await arrival of rare flower that smells like rotting flesh.

Minimum flow and water allocation limits on the way for Clutha, Kawarau and Hawea rivers.

Briar Swanson has landed a cadetship, giving her farming career a welcome boost.

Business development programmes in sheep and beef farming are expanding to new locations.

Central Otago berry growers are having a particularly early strawberry season this year.

"A truly inspiring story'' is how judges described Debra Cruickshank.

The NZ Rodeo Cowboys Association is considering defamation action against an online group.

The Otago Regional Council will consult the public about managing Clutha River's flow

Wooing Tree wants to change the zoning of the 25.4ha area of residential resource land.

A dairy farmer whose herd is infected with Mycoplasma bovis feels let down by MPI.

Logan Bain and Caleb Neilson are among the next generation of deer farmers.

There's a new hen in town, the Waipahi hen.

A final shortlist of farms for the Future Farm project will be drawn up shortly

Nick Davenport is living the dream at Texus Fibre

Fish & Game is taking action to save the  "very low" wild salmon population in Otago

Warmer temperatures are perfect for pests to proliferate

A value chain approach must be part of the solution for Landcorp farms.

Central Otago farmers join national battle to control pest problem of wilding conifers

Rabbit numbers on the Moeraki Peninsula have exploded, reaching "plague" proportions.

Ranfurly teenager wins more medals in quest to attend world American quarter horse event.

The Hay's unique story of how they became South Island Farm Foresters of the Year.

Central Otago cherries are here early but there is a shortage of workers to harvest them.

Purchase includes Roaring wine brands Meg and Mt Difficulty.

Another 1000 cattle on a newly identified infected Waimate property will be culled.

A group of Upper Clutha farmers are not ruling out legal action against the ORC

Otago Fish and Game has expressed "real concern'' over minimum water flows.