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Fonterra's mozzarella sales short of forecast

Initial forecast wrong at new multimillion-dollar mozzarella cheese plant at Clandeboye.

Synlait Milk buys Canterbury's Dairyworks for $112m

Synlait Milk has bought Canterbury cheese supplier Dairyworks for $112m.

Peter Lyons: Govt should tell Rio Tinto where to stick its smelter

Comment: Blatant corporate blackmail should be treated with the contempt it deserves.

Tiwai Pt smelter needs 'tens of millions'

Smelter says it needs major reduction in energy costs, warning the Government not to wait.

More competition could put squeeze on Fonterra plants

Big dairy industry players air concerns at select committee hearing.

Brian Fallow: Glimmers of hope on climate

National and farmers' group suggest progress is possible on cutting greenhouse emissions.

S&P says possible Tiwai closure exposes risks in electricity sector

Rio Tinto-controlled NZAS is reviewing its its Tiwai Pt smelter.

Fonterra farmers urge MPs to unshackle cooperative

And should farmers who leave Fonterra be allowed to come back whenever they choose?

NZ sharemarket blindsided by Rio Tinto's review of Tiwai Point

Rio Tinto's review of its Tiwai Point smelter has taken the market by surprise.

Editorial: Freshwater reforms a concern on the farm

Editorial: Still waters run deep and cleaning the waters can cause deep resentment.

Simon Yarrow: Time is right to target UK and Ireland agritech markets

Comment: Agritech exports of around $1.5 billion a year but flat for past decade.

Why economists are expecting a top milk price

Tight supply and soft NZ dollar behind banks' high milk price forecasts

Trade war fears diminish, exporters upbeat about year ahead: report

Exporters have had a tough 12 months, but are optimistic about the year ahead.

Chicken virus can be eradicated, MPI says

MPI working with counterparts in Australia to minimise disease's impact on trade.

Comvita chair Neil Craig to step down

Brett Hewlett will succeed him..

$2800 a jar: Hawke's Bay company's Manuka honey vintage now the most expensive in world

One single windswept block produced the most extraordinary manuka honey the world's seen.

Former employees of Maketu Pies react to new owners

Maketu Pies changes hands on November 11.

NZ's top 50 private landowners

Rich-listers, established farming families, ex-All Black among NZ's top 50 landowners.