Fancy being able to produce your own pinot noir?Winemaker Brendan Seal is a small step closer to his aim of bringing winemaking to Dunedin via his Urbn Vino project.One of the rewards for those investing in the project through…

A controversial deal that saw $11.5 million of taxpayer money spent on a Saudi farm was not corrupt but had “significant shortcomings”, the Auditor-General has found.Auditor-General Lyn Provost has released her report into the expenditure…

One of New Zealand’s largest dairy goat farms, Corganix Dairy Goats near Te Aroha, is on the market.The sale of the 103ha Waikato property, which produced 121,214kg of milk solids last season, encompasses the land, buildings, machinery,…

When Richard Milne launched Milne Contracting and Engineering about a year ago he kept his head down and got on with things.But now a little over a year later he’s settled into the job and is ready to start promoting his business.Although…

Fonterra’s chairman John Wilson reviews the great GDT auction result overnight with The Country ‘s Jamie Mackay.With dairy commodity prices up 11.4% and whole milk powder up a whopping 19.8%, does Wilson have a spring in his step…

This last week has again been a busy time for Levin police staff with all the usual complaints, offences and calls for assistance featuring. Some great work has been done by our front line staff.Road policing featured in last…

A 16-year-old who died in a crash yesterday was returning from a chicken farm where he worked with teammates to raise money for an overseas rugby trip.Principal of Matamata College Alan Munro said Corbin Morgan, two other students…

Did you know New Zealand’s leading retail pesto brand Genoese is made in Levin?Genoese is making sure everyone knows it who buys its products with new rebranding.Their new labels and packaging will now read ‘Genoese established…

They abound across both Canada and the USA – the puppy mills. They are large-scale commercial dog breeding facilities where profit is given priority over the well-being of the dogs and in the USA alone it is estimated that there…

Citrus includes well known lemons, mandarins, oranges, tangelo, grapefruit, limes, lemonade and some lesser known fruits including limequat and tangor (cross between a mandarin and an orange). These popular trees are both highly productive…