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Agribusiness: Technology builds resilience - and profitability

Managing another era of volatility is a big challenge for our dairy industry, and one that requires a high degree of resilience.

Agribusiness: New company's diagnostic tool takes guesswork out of mastitis

Farm Medix is selling thousands of mastitis diagnostic kits and saving farmers plenty of money around the world.

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: Master chef has starring role in Fonterra marketing

The Foodservices HQ sits atop a high-rise building atop a shopping mall in downtown Shanghai.

Agribusiness Report: Farming still the backbone

In the past 12 months we have seen a boom time for the primary industries.

Agribusiness Report: University making a valuable contribution

Professor Peter Kemp believes Massey University is critical to the growth of agriculture in NZ.

Agribusiness Report: Niwa localises forecasts with Farm Met

One of the most powerful supercomputers in the Southern Hemisphere earns its keep producing accurate, up-to-date and tailored weather forecasts to help farmers make better decisions.

Agribusiness Report: Solving the capital deficit

It seems counter-intuitive that a sector representing a quarter of New Zealand's economy is seen as difficult and inaccessible for investment.

Agribusiness Report: NZ firms working with China's biggest players

Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings expects to unveil the first of the co-operative's major Chinese partnerships later this year.

Agribusiness Report: Helping China to say cheese

Alexander Speirs travelled to China to find out what Fonterra is doing to push itself up the value chain.

Agribusiness Report: Growing a share of new markets

Brierley Penn talks to companies moving ahead in the Latin American arena.