Josh Cochrane has wanted to be a dairy farmer for as long as he can remember.

The industry started operations again when the country moved to Alert Level 3.

Riverton sheep and beef farmers win Southland's top spot at Farm Environment Awards.

Retired sawmill worker Gavin Roy has been duck hunting since he was 16.

Henderson Dairy is now delivering pasteurised milk as well as raw to its customers.

Farmers should have feed budgets for the next season,not just the next month says DairyNZ.

More than 50 WellSouth staff took 400 testing kits to the Alliance Lorneville last week.

Ollie and Josh competed via video conference and online quizzes, due to the lockdown.

It's taken two months to repair fences on Helen Cummings' Southland dairy farm.

Clusters around the country grow, while others remain steady.

Former Southland All Black flanker's son married former Otago All Black's granddaughter.

Potential farm cadetship programme could help tackle agriculture skills shortages.

Conference "was under way before enormity of what we've got on our plate became apparent."

The annual Bluff Oyster Festival that was to be held in May is now off the table.

A man hunting for proof a moose still roams a deep south forest gets a surprise.

Restaurateurs upbeat as delicacy comes into season.

Ken Cochrane given until Friday to quit after his comments about whitebait working group.

Possible impact of climate change on pastoral,arable & horticultural farm systems studied.

Rural folk got creative at the Southern Field Days at Waimumu last week.

Brett and Lisa Heslip are both enthusiasts of tractor pull.

It's been a tough time to be a farmer in the South lately.

"A true reflection of our Southland community, and the generosity of Southlanders."

Civil defence authorities have sandbags ready in parts of the Mataura River catchment.

Minister says company has 'outrageously' attempted to avoid cleaning up its own mess.

"We will finish with contract milking for the time being" says Kelly Macvey.

By last Tuesday afternoon, Mike Henderson's farm was underwater.

Volunteers spent the weekend visiting farms that experienced damage from floods.

Homes looted after devastating Southland floods.

Flooding left hundreds of farms underwater and resulted in lost livestock, ruined crops.

As water levels drop and evacuated families return to their homes, reality kicks in.