In the latest edition of Business Rural South, Armidale Wool Stud has won the 2026 NZ Royal Agricultural Society’s Golden Fleece Competition, taking Supreme Champion Fine Wool Fleece as wool enjoys a resurgence.
Awatere Station’s low-cost, all-grass system focuses on getting more from the land, while North Canterbury’s
Longfield Stud celebrates over a century of Corriedale breeding and welcomes White Suffolks to its legacy.
Businesses profiled in this edition…
Ag Science
Alpine Buildings NZ Ltd
Armidale Wool Stud
Avenel Agriculture
Awatere Farming
Ballandean Ltd
Baz Janssen Building Ltd
Ben King
Benio Downs
Bog Roy Station
Bradley’s Engineering Services
Bryce Mckenzie
Burwood Station
Campbell Spreading Ltd
Canopy Camping
Catalyst Performance Agronomy
Chris and Desiree Giles
Chris Dillon
Coleridge Downs Ltd
Cordyline Southdowns
Craigneuk
Croton Motorcyles 2023 T/A Rogers
Dan Devine – Awakino Station
David O’Neill Contracting
Dawnlee Dorset Downs
Durham Farm
Elliot and Janine King
Fairhall Agricultural Services
Farm Fix It
Garston Hops
Gilchrist Brothers
Glen Leith
Glenfern Farm
Glenwillow Farm
Golden Gully Farming
Guy and Kathryn Wigley
Harliwich Contracting Ltd
Highland Nutrition
Ian Anderson – Ben Ledi Station
Jackson Farming Ltd
Kamahi Perendale
Kings Rural Transport Ltd
Knightlea Farm
Lawson Lea Genetics
Lesley Roy
LJ Contracting (NZ)
Logan and Nicky Kelly
Longfield Stud
Longview Dairies
Lott Contracting
MacKenzie Aviation Ltd
Mainfert Ltd
Mainland Spreading
Mike McElrea
MMM Cattle
MotoSouth
Multi Ag Ltd
NC Equipment Ltd
Nick Ensor and Georgie Sinclair
Nick Wilson Contracting
Nithdale Genetics
North Otago Pastoral
Okawa Farms
Orari Gorge Station
Otematata Station
Pankhurst Contracting Ltd
Peel Forest Estate
Perspective
PGG Wrightson
Pomahaka Water Care Group
Pyramid Downs
Renner Fencing Contractors Ltd
Rosebery Farm Ltd
Rosedale
Ross Bros Transport
Ryan Sutherland
Salmon Smolt
Sam Forrester Contracting
Sam Young and Emma Shaw
Southern Reproductive
Southland Helicopters Ltd
Spreading North Canterbury
Spring Creek Downs
Steve and Nina Ireland
Taiaroa Charolais
Tamar Farm
Te Pirita Enterprises
Te Wae Wae Dairies Ltd
Toko Farms Ltd
Toko Spraying
Top Soils Ltd
Topflite Ltd
Torrisdale – Murray Greys
VetSouth Ltd
Waimakariri Irrigation Ltd
Welshy Contracting
