The Primary Growth Partnership is providing the platform for a sustainable, thriving future for the primary industries.

Massey scientists are exploring technology for better farming reports Tamsyn Parker.

Speed of information flows allows customer relationships to grow at unprecedented pace, writes Mike Petersen.

Managing another era of volatility is a big challenge for our dairy industry, and one that requires a high degree of resilience.

Farm Medix is selling thousands of mastitis diagnostic kits and saving farmers plenty of money around the world.

Three key strategic disciplines will create more product value, writes Hamish Gow.

Challenges faced by a major meat industry player of a previous era in pursuing its branded strategy will sound familiar.

Jamie Gray reviews the roller-coaster year in the primary sector where horticulture, beef and wine have been shining lights.

Some farmers need to get better at budgeting to weather the slow-down in dairying, says David McCall of DairyNZ.

Understanding other cultures is key to NZ making its food attractive to different markets around the world.

New Zealanders' impression of the dairy industry is positive, according to DairyNZ's latest Public Perceptions of Dairy survey.

Technology firm Xero is moving in and providing online support for farmers, writes Bill Bennett.

There may just be a ray of sunshine among the gloom of falling milk prices, writes Glenys Christian.

Updated figures next month will show how much milk supply has moved away from Fonterra since its formation.

Landcorp boss Steven Carden is taking a two-pronged approach to developing and building on NZ's largest corporate farmer.

The sale of Lochinver station to Chinese interests spearheaded by Shanghai Pengxin reignited concerns about farm sales to foreigners during the election campaign.

Tumbling dairy prices dragged ANZ's commodity price index 7.4 per cent lower last month and a stronger New Zealand dollar amplified the decline.

A major disruptive play will be launched in the Chinese baby formula market in Beijing today which could ultimately have a big impact - some say seismic - on the price paid for imported product by....

Livestock Improvement Corp, a farmer co-operative that sells bull semen and provides a dairy genetics database, posted a 10 per cent gain in first-half profit on increased demand for its products and....

Economic reform in China, one of New Zealand's largest trading partners accounting for 22 per cent of exports, is a lower priority than trying to save the Communist Party, according to Wall Street....

Farmers have been increasing their spending on equipment as cash flows were boosted by Fonterra's record payout.

New Zealand producer input prices fell in the third quarter as lower farmgate milk prices reduced input costs for dairy manufacturers.

New Zealand tractor sales are expected to match record highs this year, thanks to high milk prices and good growing conditions.

NZX is offering a new service for the dairy industry to forecast local milk production and calculate milk prices.

Dairy farmers in this country can expect to come under financial pressure if milk powder prices remain low and tensions in Europe continue to mount, say economists.

Westland Milk Products, the Hokitika-based dairy cooperative, has overtaken rival Fonterra in cutting its forecast payout to farmers.

New Zealand producers' input and output prices fell in the second quarter of this year as dairy prices declined.

This year hasn't been kind to the US agricultural sector, just ask John Deere, the world's largest manufacturer of farming machinery.

The field of robotics has well and truly taken off in the past few decades, boosted by increasing innovation and a significant drop in the cost of materials.