Farming

A positive meeting was held today at the Clutha District Council to discuss the future of Telford. In attendance at the meeting were Clutha District Mayor Bryan Cadogan, MP’s Mark Patterson and Hamish Walker, members of the Telford Farm Board, representatives from SIT, Tertiary Education Commission,

Two students from Southland Girls’ High School have been selected for the trip of a lifetime to the United States. Sarah Humphries, 17, and Kayla Calder, 16, have been chosen to attend the 4-H Congress in Bozeman, Montana in July. They’re among six TeenAg members from across New Zealand picked to ta

Two former workmates at the iconic Mount Linton Station are set to clash in the FMG Young Farmer of the Year. Jacob Mackie and Allen Gregory, who are both 25, will go head to head in the Otago/Southland regional final in Milton next month. “I can’t wait. I really enjoy the challenge of competing. It

New Zealand Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon Jacinda Ardern, has officially opened Alliance’s new $15.9 million venison plant in Southland. The Prime Minister joined Agriculture Minister, the Hon. Damien O’Connor, other dignitaries, Alliance leaders, staff and farmers at today’s opening ceremony at Lorne

A stock manager at the iconic Mount Linton Station has joined the race to be the next FMG Young Farmer of the Year. Jacob Mackie, 25, has qualified for the Otago/Southland regional final in Milton next February. “I’m stoked to get through. This will be my first time competing in a regional final,” s

Returning Officer Warwick Lampp, of electionz.com Ltd, has declared the final results of the 2018 elections for the Fonterra Board of Directors, Directors’ Remuneration Committee and Shareholders’ Council. Shareholders voted to elect Peter McBride and Leonie Guiney to the Board. Incumbent Director A

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited today revised its 2018/19 forecast Farmgate Milk Price from $6.75 per kgMS to a range of $6.25-$6.50 per kgMS and increased its forecast New Zealand milk collection volumes by 1.3 per cent to 1,550 million kgMS. Fonterra Chief Executive, Miles Hurrell, says the ch

Alliance Group’s plan to recruit 100 overseas workers is a necessary move and representative of Southland’s increasing labour-force shortages, Southland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Sheree Carey says. As Alliance has indicated, its preference is to employ New Zealanders but significant shorta