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Despite a tough year or two for dryland farmers in North Canterbury, Hawarden Suffolk stud breeder Penni Loffhagen is philosophical.

New Zealand sheep farmers are being urged to take care as pens fill up in wool-sheds across the country.

Can we predict how long a commercial ewe will last in a flock? Does hogget mating affect longevity? And do high-performing ewes die sooner?

New Zealand's sheep milk industry is set to benefit from new research by AgResearch.

Deer milking, manuka honey, sheep milking and blueberries are among Landcorp's options for land it had planned to convert to dairy farms.

Young design and architecture students who spent a weekend in a woolshed in the central North Island have gone away ecstatic about wool.

Sheep and beef farmers, especially in the South Island, are going to take a substantial hit in their incomes this year as lamb prices weaken.

Alliance Group is now processing, packaging and exporting Pure South lamb directly to a Spanish supermarket retailer.

A North Island trial comparing the value of lambs sired by low versus high genetic merit rams validates that using genetic data does pay off.

As the hot sun beats down on a sharp rocky Canterbury hillside, three sheep tentatively step forward out of the safety of the yards.