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Agribusiness Report: Added value pioneers lead way

Arguments over "adding value" have been the hardy perennial of any discussion of the New Zealand food industry for longer than I have been alive.

Agribusiness Report: Ag sector needs cash injection

Last year the Ministry of Primary Industries said it wanted New Zealand primary sector exports to double by 2025. This means lifting 2013's $32b of exports to $64b a year.

Agribusiness Report: Foreign purchases and rural property

It is difficult to determine if the purchase of rural properties by foreigners is a catalyst for higher rural land prices, but data supplied by the OIO contains surprises.

Agribusiness Report: Farm investments for the rest of us

Until recently it wasn't easy for New Zealand small investors to take part in the country's most successful industry: dairy farming.

Agribusiness Report: Fears over food regulation

Primary industry bosses fear NZ's "world-class" food safety regulatory system is in danger of being swapped for a costly and inflexible set of rules.

Agribusiness Report: 4G finds a place on the farm

As New Zealand gets serious about bringing 21st Century connectivity to the rural sector, the buck doesn't stop with the fixed line Rural Broadband Initiative.

Agribusiness Report: Latin translation

Brierley Penn finds out what’s happening in this new market.

Agribusiness Report: Rural real estate in demand

Soaring rural property prices are showing no sign of abating, writes Colin Taylor.