A husband-and-wife “super team” has secured the title of the Lincoln University Foundation’s South Island Farmer of the Year at the 2016 finals held tonight (Wednesday 16 November).

I have lived in and around Wellington all my life and I have never experienced an earthquake as big and as frightening as this latest one.

Stick to your knitting and fine-tune what you do, advises Beef + Lamb NZ chairman James Parsons, for farmers to get through the next year, with forecasts down for lamb, beef and wool.

Show stalwart Harry Prescott-Ballagh started successfully at the Canterbury A&P Show, his 16-month-old Beal of Abberley bull winning the Champion and Supreme of Breed ribbons on the first day.

Irrigating farmers need to take care as they turn infrastructure back on following Monday’s devastating earthquakes.

Fertiliser co-op Ravensdown says some of its stores have been affected by the series of earthquakes this morning.

Severe weather is expected to hit New Zealand later today, including a number of areas affected by this morning's earthquakes, the MetService warns.

Earthquakes can result in considerable damage and disruptions to farm businesses. Following is information offered by DairyNZ to help farmers and farm workers deal with the aftermath of earthquakes.

Generators are being organised for dairy farmers in the upper South Island so that they could milk cows, says Federated Farmers North Canterbury Dairy chairperson Michael Woodward.

With an 80% likelihood the Reserve Bank will lower the official cash rate by 25 basis points next month, many rural borrowers are wondering if now is the time to look at fixing rates.