Irrigation is likely to become even more important to Central Otago in the next few years.

Fruit will be sweeter, vines may mature earlier and there may be a longer grape season.

Beef and pork are expected to be the strongest contributors to expected global expansion.

Will Stuart hated public speaking until he got involved with merino junior judging.

If the current is running against blackcurrants, make hay.

Logan Dodd (9), of Tapui, says his pet sheep Blackie's behaviour set her apart.

Difficulty finding quality lucerne chaff led to a busy enterprise for Waianakarua couple.

Prices were erratic at last week's South Island wool sale in Christchurch.

A record lambing  percentage underpins a lift in lamb numbers

Climate change effects would make need to reliably grow produce, feed stock more important

Otago region's climate might be more like Hawke's Bay and crops might mature earlier.

Looking like a record crop for cherries as growers weeks ahead of where they'd normally be

Hundreds of deer carcasses reported after the Molesworth 1080 drop to fight tuberculosis.

An army of students wielding shovels, brooms and wheelbarrows is set invade Roxburgh.

FMG Young Farmer of the Year 2018's Otago district final, held in Omakau, went smoothly.

People will be breathing easier in air-polluted cities,  thanks in part to a Wanaka sheep

Cromwell apricots have been picked in November for the first time in its 103-years.

Debra Cruikshank is a woman on a mission, writes Nicole Sharp.

Roxburgh busy with machinery working on the roads trying to clear silt and rocks.

Some residents in the Clutha District have been warned to boil water

A Millers Flat family have work ahead after flash floods raged through their farm.

One Teviot Valley orchardist says between 30% and 40% of his crop was damaged in storms.

Trapping needs to be done everywhere, including backyards, to save NZ's wildlife.

The main road in Roxburgh will not open and the town's water supply will not be back on.

Silver Fern Farms has named Zespri chief operating officer Simon Limmer as its new CEO.

Forest owners are being encouraged to check what local timber processors can offer.

The buzz around Otago apiarists is shaping up to be one of the best in years.

An application for consent for a subdivision at William Hill winery should be declined.

Roxburgh residents will wake up to a second day without running water this morning

Roxburgh residents are in high spirits despite flood clean up ahead.