
Southern Field Days cancellation an 'agonising decision'
Cancellation will have a "huge effect" on Gore and the wider community.
Cancellation will have a "huge effect" on Gore and the wider community.
Horizon Flowers NZ Ltd has taken ownership of a 41ha block in Mabel Bush.
Southern Field Days is the latest victim of Covid-19 related cancellations in the South.
"Goats are like grass-eating dogs", breeder Donna Morton says.
Gore Mayor Tracy Hicks and Southland Mayor Gary Tong want to get farmers vaccinated.
Wilson Ronald docked lambs in accordance to new govt rules which came into effect in May.
Wayne McIvor, 53, also made 32 calls to emergency services and the police.
"Regardless of what level we are in, the paddocks are going to be beautiful."
Southland has one of the lowest uptakes of EVs in the country.
Outbreaks of the pasture-damaging insect more prevalent in the South due to dry summers.
Three Waters has been a hot political topic since its July 2020 launch.
Event raised "a couple of grand more than last year" dog trials committee chairman says.
Some of the interested parties include international businesses.
"It's going to be the death of sheep and beef farming as we know it."
"Back-to-back" extreme weather events hit the South on September 10 and 13.
When NZ "springs forward" this weekend, one town will never go back.
"There continues to be some farmers who need more support to do better."
Avalanche risk means road to Milford Sound has been closed since last Thursday.
Two trucks have come off the road and roofing iron has been sent flying in strong winds.
Southland beekeeper asking southerners to take part in Bee Aware Month this September.
Biosecurity NZ says test results were wrong and Bonamia ostreae was never in the strait.
New regulations have been coming thick and fast at farmers in the last few years.
Intensive work of Longacre constantly challenges Ben Maxwell. It also keeps him grounded.
Australia providing financial incentives, including relocation costs and bonuses.
A Southland farmer already in mediation over land clearing is now under investigation.
"The big thing is to keep everything nice and quiet, not try and rush."
Thunderstorms will light up North Island skies across the day before a wild weekend.
Report shows 7 regional councils have no estimates on how many farms use winter grazing.
Snow could fall to 100-200m in Otago and Southland and 300-400m in the North Island.
An Australian mining company told MBIE it had "rapidly developing plans" for Southland.