Farming

In a little over a month, popular local raw milk seller Farm Fresh South will be blowing out the candles on two years in business, and owners Logan and Melissa Johnson couldn’t be happier.“We’ve started planning celebrations now to thank those who have helped and joined us on this journey,” Logan sa

A new look for Southland meat processor Blue Sky Meats will now see the company’s main brand called Blue Sky Pastures. Chief Executive Todd Grave unveiled the brand to shareholders with a soft launch at this year’s AGM on August 8 at Bill Richardson Transport World in Invercargill. “The company name

Dairy giant Fonterra is forecasting another big loss as it writes down the value of underperforming overseas assets. The co-operative is forecasting a loss of between $590 million and $675m for the year current financial year. Fonterra said it expected to write down the value of four significant ove

Southland Police are reminding all Southland and Invercargill along with Riverton residents to ensure your property is secure. Police have responded to reports of burglaries of two holiday homes in Riverton in the past week. In one of the burglaries a reasonably distinctive surfboard was stolen, as

Outspoken Southland farmer Ray McCrostie is on a quest to find out about the land under his gumboots. He’s developing a low cost, portable water-quality monitoring station for farmers, with Clint Rissman, a scientist who used to work for Environment Southland, and automation engineer Richard Dean. T

A Southland student has added wandering bison to her list of potential traffic hazards when driving overseas. Kayla Calder, 17, who’s from Dipton, has just returned from a three-week TeenAg exchange to the United States. “It was the trip of a lifetime. I had an amazing time. It was great to experien

Silere Alpine Origin Merino lamb is now being showcased by the UK’s leading online supermarket retailer. The product, a joint venture between 100 per cent farmer-owned co-operative Alliance Group and The New Zealand Merino Company, has gone on sale with British online supermarket Ocado. Online super

As part of a government industry agreement, dairy farmers are required to cover 30 percent of the estimated $880 million cost of eradicating the cattle disease, Mycoplasma bovis. In February Dairy NZ started consulting with its farmer members on a proposal how to pay its share of the M bovis respons