Southern farmgate vaccination tour hits the road
"We're best in the country at a lot of things. Let's be best at being vaccinated."
"We're best in the country at a lot of things. Let's be best at being vaccinated."
Dylan Ditchfield wants top dollar for milk produced by regenerative farming practices.
This year the initiative is being run at 21 different beaches around the country.
The stoush began over a large sign made out of power poles.
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.
"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.
Ngāi Tahu has been advocating for its rights since the 1992 fisheries settlement.
Dairy farming opportunities brought Lauren and Ollie Badcock to New Zealand.
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."
"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.
Andy Nailard, one of the South's largest breeders, is selling his alpaca herd.
Snow would be accompanied by showers and possible hail and thunderstorms.
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."