Fonterra is moving from coal to renewable energy at its Stirling cheese factory.

A sack of dead animals floating in the Clutha River has given a walker a nasty surprise.

Delays caused by unsettled weather have upset Ospri plans for an aerial drop of 1080.

Judicial review of MPI directive to destroy plantings will be held in Wellington this week

1080 drop on Molesworth Station targeted possum but killed scores of red deer

Calving is in full swing for most southern farmers with the middle of August upon us.

Procurement competition is expected to continue to put some upward pressure on lamb prices

Barry Hobbs, of Herbert, is the winner of the 2018 Southern Indoor Charity Dog Trial.

A Road Transport Forum will aim to attract a more diverse workforce.

Grant McKay wants to re-establish the Central Otago Young Growers Group.

The sale of PGG Wrightson Seed will not impact on farmers tied up in the HT Swede debacle.

Earnscy Weaver has been made a life member of Horticulture New Zealand.

Farmers whose animals were shot criticise lack of progress in police inquiry.

A property in the Tasman district has been confirmed as positive for the cattle disease.

The creation of a Unesco Global Geopark has taken significant leaps forward.

Mid micron wool prices are expected to remain near current high levels over coming months.

NZ Veterinary Assoc. says it would embrace a pan-industry initiative on winter grazing.

A relic of Sir Truby King's time spent in the Catlins is being considered for conservation

The native Canterbury mudfish is on the brink of extinction, a new report says.

The decision whether Foley Family can purchase Mt Difficulty wines is still awaited.

Th Manuherikia Boar, Buck and Stag Hunt in Alexandra got a good turn out.

A Waitaki Bridge man asserts water from the Lower Waitaki aquifer doesn't need treatment.

Imported plants at the centre of a national biosecurity scare will be to be destroyed.

"We wouldn't be farming today if it wasn't for the Romneys," says a West Otago farmer.

Say goodbye to the weekend's sunshine as winter returns.

Reinvention is a theme at this year's WoolOn fashion event.

The Cardrona Water Users Group has accepted an apology from the Otago Regional Council.

Work has begun on a new nine-hole golf course at Millbrook in Arrowtown.

Wanaka developer Allan Dippie has been advised to obtain a resource consent for a deck.

Invercargill-based Blue River Dairy expects to double sales next year.