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The winner of the Lawrence Winter Crop Competition will be crowned tonight, with thousands of dollars in donations expected to be raised for local charities.

A Mid-Canterbury property has been confirmed to have mycoplasma bovis, for the first time this year.

Disruption in the global supply chain is among reasons farmers are facing price rises for fertiliser once again.

The rural sector is muddled and looking for the best way forward amid a wave of regulations, Covid-19 related fatigue, and varied outlooks for different parts of the industry.

A grazing and calf rearing company and two former employees have been fined a total of $95,000 for the deaths of almost 500 calves.

New research from Lincoln University could dramatically improve the treatment of a common cattle disease that costs farmers an estimated $280m a year.

Almost five months since the devastating eruption and tsunami in Tonga, farmers are rebuilding their crops and harvesting those that survived the event.