The high New Zealand dollar, and the difficult spring weather conditions which challenged calving and lambing, have hammered farmer confidence for the first time in more than a year.
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The leader of a farmer group lobbying for change in the meat industry says the South Island meat company Alliance has a responsibility to its shareholders to consider a suggestion by its major competitor Silver Fern Farms to merge.
A new internet-based wool trading system is up and running after 18 months of testing.
Rural services firm PGG Wrightson is keen to reduce debt – and is expecting flat earnings this financial year.
The spread of the varroa bee mite to southern parts of the South Island means some beekeepers will struggle to remain profitable this season.
The last charter vessel with this season's export kiwifruit crop on board leaves the Port of Tauranga this week.
The Environmental Risk Management Authority is reassessing the use of the fungicide quintozene in New Zealand.
Hubbard investors are being warned they’re being targeted by a bogus telephone survey.
Farming representatives have been told that the contentious Emissions Trading Scheme may help New Zealand keep access to some of its export markets.
The first of 100 scheduled wool grower meetings held by newly formed Wool Partners Co-operative kicked off in Kaiwaka on Tuesday, with the hope of attracting around half of the country’s total clip.
