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A very good line-up of heavy prime lambs was offered at the Balclutha sale last week, to good demand, and sold well. The yarding

Watch: A primary school north of Auckland has seen its roll surge in recent weeks with the opening of an unusual daycare.

Farming is often a numbers game driven by supply and demand and this season is shaping up as a juggling act, with sheep farmers battling

We ask ASB's rural economist, the man we've affectionately coined Pollyanna Penny, if he now prefers to be called 'The Oracle' following another good GDT auction result.

Jamie Mackay has nicknamed ANZ's rural economist "The Grim Reaper". Could this name be justified or does Con Williams have positive vibes for the rural economy?

Our Roving North Island Farming Ambassador talks sheep farming, footy and the weather.

Over the past fortnight we have started to see the first signs of spring, with pasture growth rates lifting from the mid teens to

Vendors of all classes of stock would have been smiling at yesterday's sale at Stortford Lodge. Store lambs and cattle rose in

Facial eczema and the fallout from this year's infestation will be high on the agenda of today's Beef + Lamb NZ regional director

Young sheep industry leaders from New Zealand, Australia and the United States got together in New Zealand last week to discuss common

New Zealand's beef cattle herd increased by 2.8 per cent to 3.7 million during the 2015-16 season - the same time as the country's

A chance intervention has continued the remarkable good fortunes of a plucky ewe that was dubbed "New Zealand's luckiest lamb". Lucky

A Welcome Bay farmer has spoken out about roaming dogs after two of his lambs were killed in a frenzied attack last week. The Western

An icy blast across Hawke's Bay that brought snow to northern parts of the region was not as dramatic in Central Hawke's Bay, but

Murray Behrent from Alliance Group gets their Pure South Brand to Rio. He's also supporting his daughter Genevieve as she competes at the games.

The quality store cattle in a small offering of about 240 head sold well at Stortford Lodge yesterday. Store lambs continued to sell

July was the month when stock prices started to rise. Store lambs were the real stars with prices rising early in the month and staying

New Zealand's beef cattle herd increased by 2.8per cent to 3.7million during the 2015-16 season - at the same time as the country's

Winston Peters spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay today about Silver Fern Farms and their "shonky corrupt deal".

GM of PGG Wrightson Real Estate Peter Newbold caught up with The Country's Jamie Mackay to lend his expert opinion on the state of

New Zealand's sheep flock dropped 3 per cent to the lowest level since the 1930's Depression.

Work done by Julie Everett-Hincks to improve lamb survival has received national recognition. Dr Everett-Hincks has been awarded

Special shareholders meeting will discuss $261m partnership with Chinese company.

What a month of wet weather we've had. Hopefully things will warm up and dry a bit so management can be a bit easier through lambing

All classes of stock sold strongly at yesterday's store sale at Stortford Lodge. The continuing shortage of cattle was reflected in

Kiwi shearer Matt Smith has smashed the world sheep shearing record over in England in the first record attempt to take place in the Northern Hemisphere.

It's all go in Cornwall today when New Zealand shearer Matt Smith tackles the supreme sheep shearing record of 721 strongwool ewes in nine hours. You can watch it live!

The Country's Jamie Mackay caught up with Miles King about his exciting new Dairymeade milking sheep breed. Miles and his wife Janet

What happened at the Sheep Industry Awards in Masterton last night? Jamie Mackay interviews Rabobank's George Murdoch to find out.