Gene-mappers say the information they are producing could add $300m to the dairy industry. Tamsyn Parker reports.

Innovation on the farm is alive and well, reports Graham Skellern.

Bio Soil Enhancers Inc is planning to use Auckland as its base for exporting through the Asia-Pacific region.

We should maximise our potential to create real, sustainable value in New Zealand, writes Ian Proudfoot.

Industry leaders are at loggerheads about whether processors are doing enough to add value to meat exports.

Farming profitability at home becomes even more important as competition hots up in the Chinese market, writes Karen Silk.

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.

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

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....

The jury is still out on the feasibility of cow barns for New Zealand farming, according to a DairyNZ study.

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.

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.

A sharp reduction in Fonterra's milk price will put the squeeze on the industry and rural communities will feel the brunt of the economic impact.

A parliamentary inquiry into pig farming in New Zealand should be launched immediately.

Landcorp, New Zealand's largest corporate farmer, is having a serious look at milking sheep.