After three years of dramatic decline, the sheep flock is showing signs of stabilising, says Beef and Lamb New Zealand.Total sheep numbers rose 2.5 per cent to 33.2 million at June 30 driven by the retention of hoggets."While...

Locals had to step in and put cattle injured in a truck crash today in south Otago out of their misery, a vet says.The stock truck lost control when taking a right-hand bend and blocked a section of the Clutha River Road, between...

New Zealand's agricultural sector is reporting an increasingly rosy view of the future, with 87 per cent of the nation's farmers expecting economic conditions to either improve or remain stable.It is the fourth consecutive quarter...