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Agribusiness: Focus on the fundamentals

Farming profitability at home becomes even more important as competition hots up in the Chinese market, writes Karen Silk.

Agribusiness: The advantages of good genes

Gene-mappers say the information they are producing could add $300m to the dairy industry. Tamsyn Parker reports.

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: 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: Building on a household name

Fonterra is looking to build its presence in Latin America. Brierley Penn talks to managing director Alex Turnbull.

Agribusiness Report: A silver lining for farmers

At the opening of National Fieldays, John Key observed that New Zealand's agriculture sector is becoming very high-tech.

Agribusiness Report - Tim Green: Lands of opportunity across the Pacific

With the world's population tipped to reach nine billion by 2050, global agriculture production is required to increase by 70 per cent to meet the world's increasing demand for food.

Agribusiness Report: Couple's lifestyle choice great business

Before entering the dairy industry five and a half years ago, Charlie McCaig said that he had never really come within three feet of a cow.

Agribusiness Report: The meat conundrum

Talk has it that Silver Ferns Farms and Alliance Group - the two companies responsible for more than half the New Zealand meat industry - feud like the Hatfields and McCoys.

Agribusiness Report: Cleaning up dairy

New Zealand's oldest dairy company is proving that sustainability initiatives are not only good for the environment but can also make good business sense.