A North Canterbury farmer has spoken of the frustration of locals at being unable to get services through to their remote area.

A2 Milk Co shares rose almost 5 per cent after the company updated shareholders at its annual meeting in Sydney.

The controversial deal which will see meat processor Silver Fern Farms sell a 50 per cent controlling stake to Shanghai Maling is set to be completed.

Fonterra Cooperative Group says milk collection has been restored in earthquake damaged Culverden, Waiau and Amuri areas.

New Zealand export log prices rose for a third straight month in November, aided by low shipping rates and demand from China.

Kiwi exporters are confident about 2017 despite uncertainties after Brexit and President-elect Donald Trump.

Fonterra has raised its forecast payout to farmers by 75c per kilogram of milksolids as production dwindles.

New Zealand kiwifruit marketer Zespri is in the early stages of growing kiwifruit in China, the fruit's native home.

Farmers and the fishing industry get $5 million relief package.

Fonterra Cooperative Group has lost its bid to overturn a High Court ruling against inferior terms offered to the suppliers of the failed New Zealand Dairies Ltd business in South Canterbury.

Asparagus - that gorgeous green spear at the top of the vege season right now - is going to be in short supply throughout the country.

Some dairy farmers in the South Island might have to dispose of their milk due to road closures and other issues.

Mid Canterbury farmers are on standby to take dairy cows from quake-affected North Canterbury dairy farmers.

Thanks to Brexit and Donald Trump's successful presidential election "the whole world has got a lot more complicated", says special

Farmers are sharing cow sheds and generators as they try to carry out the daily business of running their farms.

Fonterra expects disruption to milk collection and farms that cannot be reached may have to dispose of their milk.

COMMENT: The politics of President Obama's signature trade deal simply became too toxic for Donald Trump.

A report suggests the biggest weaknesses - and thus opportunities - for NZ's meat and wool is its lack of "brand".

Exporters are anxiously waiting to see whether Trump's rhetoric during the election campaign translates into policy

COMMENT: The debate around the impact of large-scale dams is often one sided, says water ecologist Dr Mike Joy.

COMMENT: If we are to meet our climate change obligations, there will have to be big changes in our agricultural sector.

A survey of business conditions by the NZMEA has reported confidence in the sector falling to its lowest level in more than 2 1/2 years years.

New Zealand butcher Hellers is selling its pre-cooked sausages to Australian supermarket chain Costco.

New Zealand export expectations have peaked to their highest level in six years.

The death of Thailand's monarch has caused a dip in avocado exports, but Korea is picking up the slack.

Economists went back to the drawing board to revise up their farmgate milk price forecasts.

At the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction the key whole milk powder price went up nearly 20 per cent.

More than half of fatalities on farms last year involved experienced workers carrying out routine jobs, new data from WorkSafe shows.

The owner of a Central Otago winery can't put off paying out a fellow shareholder ahead of their Court of Appeal fight over the value of the stake.

Fonterra Cooperative Group is assessing the impact of a big drop in milk production this month on its contract book and future production plans.