Rural

By DAVID HILL Favourable weather conditions and strong meat prices mean there is plenty of optimism ahead of this month's Hawarden Ewe Fair. Stock agents are...

By DAVID HILL "Shedding sheep" will be the focus of a sale at the Hawarden Saleyards next week. Hazlett Livestock will host its first annual "shedding...

By DAVID HILL While it is largely business as usual for the region's farmers, Covid-19 is having an impact on the rural sector. While the move...

By Shelley Topp A decision to develop Jimmy's Creek Forest, near Motunau in North Canterbury, with the New Zealand domestic market in mind has been...

By DAVID HILL Raising public awareness around nitrate contamination in private wells is a good thing, says Michael Blackwell. The Waimakariri Zone Committee chairperson was responding...

By DAVID HILL North Canterbury farmers are being advised to prepare for the worst as dry conditions continue to bite. Support is available, but farmers need...

By DAVID HILL Sheep dog Winn is a winner. Competing in his first sheep dog trial event at the Oxford A&P Show on Saturday, April 3,...

Dry . . . North Canterbury farmers are looking to the heavens for rain to boost growth and kick winter feed crops along. Photo:...

By DAVID HILL A small North Canterbury school exceeded its expectations at last month's young farmers event. Waikari School, which has just 37 pupils, entered three...

Blow by blow .. Roddy Kidd, aged 84, picked up a hand-piece for the first time in 25 years to shear a sheep at...