Shawn McAvinue

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You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Rural lifeRural EventsRegistrations are open for the 2026 Southern Field Days in Waimumu. Shawn McAvinue talks to Southern Field Days chairman Steve Henderson, of Awarua, about the event in February next year. Q. How are you feeling about organising this event?

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You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Rural lifePeopleA black Simmental bull sold for $42,000 in North Taieri last week. Shawn McAvinue talks to Leafland Simental owner Everd Strauss about the big bull living up to the hype, the rise of the breed, balancing farming with his day job and his retirement plans. A black Simmental bull is living up to his sale pitch as "the star of the show".

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You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Rural lifeOther NewsTaieri Winter Crop CompetitionStrath Taieri farmer Ken Bain’s homecoming features an award-winning kale crop. The Hindon sheep and cattle farmer was crowned the winner of the 2025 Taieri Winter Crop Competition, taking out the section for a kale crop cultivated on a hill. His kale crop was easily the best he had ever grown but he was surprised to win.

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You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Rural lifeOther NewsTaieri Winter Crop CompetitionAn award-winning swede crop grown high on a Strath Taieri hill tastes better after being hit by its first frost. Sheep and beef farmer Ash Beattie runs about 6000 Perendale ewes and about 200 cows, mostly Angus, on his more than 1400ha rolling to steep property Glenlee Run in Black Rock, about 30km northwest of Outram.

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Monday, 26 May 2025 You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. Rural lifeOther NewsAustralians are loving sheep-handling gear made in the South, Perkinz general manager Wayne Perkins says. About 90% of the Perkins gear built in a workshop in central Dunedin was shipped to clients in Australia. "We think it is pretty cool we are manufacturing here in Dunedin and exporting it to Australia," Mr Perkins said.