Terra Vitae and Craggy Range have posted stronger full-year profits on rising wine prices and a bountiful harvest.

Invercargill based Alliance Group says chefs and restaurants have offered favourable feedback on its new class of lamb.

The price of whole milk powder, New Zealand's key commodity export, is likely to be little changed next week.

From taxing ghost profits to the implosion of Pumpkin Patch, these are the biggest stories from the business year.

New Zealand farm sales rose 7.4 per cent in the three months ended November 30.

The recent pick up in dairy prices back to profitable levels may take some time to flow through New Zealand's economy as farmers focus on paying down debt.

The Ministry for Primary Industries has warned revenue from the sector is likely to fall by 0.8 per cent in 2017 to $36.7 billion.

A fifth of share milkers who responded to a Federated Farmers survey said they were coming under pressure from their bank on their

Fonterra has told investors in the cooperative's unit fund that it's critical the government continues driving regional and multi-lateral trade agreements.

China's Shanghai Maling has completed its purchase of a controlling stake in Silver Fern Farms.

Delegat Group, the owner of Oyster Bay wine, has warned it will have to increase prices in the UK due to the sustained weakness of the pound.

The New Zealand dollar regained the ground shed after the shock resignation of Prime Minister John Key.

A sharp slump in confidence amongst beef and sheep farmers has tempered dairy farmer optimism in the latest Rabobank confidence survey of New Zealand farmers.

Five men have been ordered by the High Court at Auckland to pay a total $105,000 for their roles in a price-fixing agreement over cattle tagging.

The New Zealand business community says the economy is in good shape, but an impact could be seen at the next election.

Advances in whole milk powder prices at recent GlobalDairyTrade auctions is bolstering the outlook for New Zealand's largest export commodity.

Twenty-three Kaikoura farms have had no milk pick-ups since the Kaikoura quakes hit on November 14.

This baby formula company was a share market darling, riding the wave of a Chinese boom in demand. But the party's over.

A small band of protesters stood outside Fonterra's headquarters in downtown Auckland today to demonstrate against the co-operative's extensive use of coal.

The drop reflected a decline in the value, price and volume of exports, led by dairy, meat and forestry shipments.

Westland Milk, New Zealand's second biggest dairy co-op after Fonterra, has owned up to a poor performance over 2015/6.

The Reserve Bank remains wary about the risks posed to the financial system by high levels of dairy farm debt, despite sharply higher milk prices.

South Island dairy products processor Synlait Milk has increased its forecast farmgate milk price by $1 to $6 per kilogram of milk solids.

The 7.8 earthquake damaged around 20 per cent of Marlborough's storage tanks, but 2016 still promises to be a good year for wine.

Senior Fonterra executive Nicola Willis has resigned her Auckland-based position to seek nomination for the National Party in the Labour-held seat of Wellington Central.

Fonterra is developing a new range of products to appeal to Asian markets including candy cheese, low salt cheese, and medicinal lactose.

Zespri shares have jumped 10 per cent in response to the kiwifruit marketer's announcement that it will sell licences for another 400 hectares of the SunGold variety.

Statistics NZ data shows cleaners, rubbish collectors labourers pest controllers, hotel porters, and courier drivers have the highest rate of claims for injury at work.

The biggest opportunity for agriculture is to be seen as a globally trusted source of sustainably produced goods.

New Zealand's monthly trade deficit narrowed in October the global dairy market buoyed exports of dairy products.