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Why cheese and milk prices remain high and will take time to drop
Persistently high cheese prices are helping to keep NZ inflation high.
'Who will inherit?': How to keep Kiwi farms in the family
Ageing Kiwi farmers risk losing their farms because they don't have a succession plan.
'Tasted amazing': NZ's best bacon and ham revealed
Wild Game in Hastings won both the supreme bacon award and the best ham award.
Jenée Tibshraeny: Govt caught between climate policy and cost of living crisis
Govt struggling to burn Climate Change Commission advice in its “policy bonfire".
China’s economy is slowing but no need for Kiwi exporters to panic
Even as China's GDP growth falls the economy still grows by more US$1 trillion a year.
China relationship requires “careful management” PM Chris Hipkins says
The Prime Minister will speak at the event.
'We are a community in crisis': Gisborne mayor
Tairāwhiti Gisborne has had three states of emergency this year alone.
'Walk away': Australia’s farmers rubbish NZ-Europe free trade deal
EU deals show globalisation is not dead - but some sectors ask what difference that makes.
Forestry group slams ETS reform as 'vandalism'
Climate Forestry Association CEO Andrew Cushen says the system is already working.
Market close: NZ stocks come alive late; a2 milk loses trademark battle
The index has risen more than 3 per cent in six of the last seven trading days.
NZ economy faces hit as export prices slump
Meat and log prices falling on slow Chinese demand.
Prices drop in latest GDT event
All prices were negative with butter and butter milk powder taking the biggest tumble.
Singapore fling: Comvita likes what it sees in honey acquisition
Honey exporter Comvita has pushed further into Asia with its deal to buy HoneyWorld.
Nearly 400,000 chickens reared in 7 weeks at huge Helensville farm
The farm is also the same one where 180,000 chickens died in 2019 after a power outage.
Roller coaster ride continues for kiwifruit growers
Glimmer of hope for green kiwifruit growers but hectare returns forecast goes south.
PGG Wrightson chair sidelined amid Singapore securities charges
Lee Joo Hai was arrested and charged in March.
Market close: Comvita shares jump on China supply agreement
But an otherwise aimless sharemarket traded flat.
Comvita signs partnership deal with one of China's largest supermarket chains
Olé has more than 100 supermarkets across mainland China.
Opinion: Time to end the ag-sector procrastination
OPINION: Sustainability consultant calls on farmers to engage with climate mitigation.
Billion-dollar blowout for Three Waters ‘mega-bureaucracy’
Taxpayers, and potentially ratepayers, will foot $1 billion cost overrun for water reform.
Alliance strikes deal with China’s largest importer of sheep meat
GM of sales said the cooperative aimed to be the leading red meat provider in China.
All plastic bags to disappear from Whanganui shops
"They still actually come in and ask for the plastic bags."
Boost in fight against predators, as NZCF takes half share in NZ AutoTraps
The parties say the deal will boost the country’s fight against predators and pests.
Free Trade Agreement with EU comes closer
The European Council has given the deal the green light.
Third of NZ’s strawberry plants ruined by wild weather
Strawberry lovers and growers may struggle to get new plant supplies this year.
Tinkering with ETS may skew renewables investment - fund manager
The review of the Emissions Trading Scheme may cast doubt on green investment.
Extreme floods and heat in China ravage farms and kill animals
NY Times: Bad weather puts security of food supply in focus in China.
Dairy wars: Competition for milk just got tougher, Fonterra sounds warning
The newcomer already plans a second Waikato plant: is the South Island also on the radar?
How Villa Maria's new owner plans to take brand to next level
Chief executive Duncan McFarlane says the business started to meet an 'insatiable demand'.
PwC auditors before tribunal for Fonterra audits
Alleged failures during years of PwC audits for dairy giant Fonterra.
Opinion: Murky world of global food trading too big to ignore
OPINION: Dominance by a handful of companies deserves more scrutiny.
'Big concern': Sawmills face temporary closures as demand dives
Demand for building new houses had dropped in the face of rising interest rates.