The Nelson-based firm lodged a product disclosure statement for its IPO today.

Alan Smith is marketing natural lactose as a product to assist healing wounds.

The new model allows farmers to directly nominate their choice for selection to the board.

New Zealand milk price futures have fallen in the wake of the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction.

Te Aroha locals are losing their local Westpac and ANZ branches which could force them to drive 20 minutes just to bank a cheque.

The two farm workers were unfairly dismissed before they'd stepped foot on the farm.

Fonterra said its net profit shot 65 per cent higher to $834 million for the 2015/6 year.

The New Zealand dollar rose after the US Federal Reserve held off raising interest rates.

A Hawke's Bay farm, partly bought by a group of loyal National Party supporters to "lure a future prime minister to live in their electorate", is on the market.

Bank closures are expected by early November with 19 branches to shut.

Trade Minister Todd McClay says the Government is closely watching Canada's plans to protect its own dairy sector.

The outlook for dairy farmers has turned positive after Fonterra raised its farm gate milk price for the second time in less than a month.

The raised milk price forecast of $5.25 per kilo of milksolids is past the estimated break-even and will be good news for farmers.

The 1.7 per cent gain at the latest GlobalDairyTrade was well short of market expectations.

A clever piece of Kiwi ingenuity has again proven itself a lethal weapon in New Zealand's fight to rid itself of pest predators by 2050.

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy today released a detailed report on the Coast's economy.

Farmer confidence is improving, led by optimism returning to the dairy sector after two years of depressed prices.

The government has given the green light for China's Shanghai Maling Aquarius to acquire half of Silver Fern Farms.

A big increase in formula sales has driven NZX-listed Synlait Milk to a record profit.

About 100 farmers in Otago and Southland were forced to dump milk over the weekend in the aftermath of the milk silo collapse at Fonterra's Edendale site.

A fight is brewing over the product labelling and health claims of the Australian dairy industry's most bitter rivals.

Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling have a few more nervous days to wait before they learn whether their joint venture proposal can go ahead.

The Reserve Bank is expected to hold fire from cutting interest rates next week until it can get a better steer on the inflation outlook

A group representing New Zealand dairy companies has joined forces with overseas counterparts in a bid to get the World Trade Organisation

Dairy farmers have endured one of their worst ever years, but Fonterra is set to report one of its best.

Fire service spokesman Steve Lee said an unspecified amount of milk had been spilt at the Edendale factory.

There are eight important things to look out for in Fonterra's result.

Dairy farmers are facing an improved outlook but they remain cautious about where prices go from here.

Google has admitted its face-blurring technology may have been "a little overzealous" after blurring a cow's face for privacy.

COMMENT: New Zealand's economy has grown by 3.6 per cent in the past year, one of the top performers in the OECD - ahead of Australia, the US and UK.