Sustainable business & financeThe benefits of greener pasturesLinked loan a new form of funding for the primary sector.29 Jul 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsLivestock export ban comes with $260m cost - TreasuryDamien O'Connor defends live export ban, which Treasury warns could cost $261 million29 Jul 03:09 AM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessLIC's heavy spend in genomics pays off in annual resultLIC boosts R&D investment by 15 per cent to $17m in 2021 year.22 Jul 05:14 AM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessFonterra farmers force changes in proposed capital restructureFonterra leaders still aiming for December vote.19 Jul 05:15 AM
AgribusinessWho is buying up our farm land? The largest foreign owners of NZ soilAlmost 460,000ha shifted out of NZ control between 2010 to 2021.11 Jul 08:28 PM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessZespri posts sweet export sales records for kiwifruitTotal global revenue from fruit sales was $3.58b, up 14 per cent on the previous year.28 May 05:15 AM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessIs Fonterra shooting itself in the foot?Fonterra farmers will be thinking hard about removing a share demand source.09 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessRecovering Fonterra to reveal results as farmers lap up milk priceMilk price v dividend: the interim result will highlight Fonterra investors' dilemma.15 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessOpen Country low key on big profit riseNo room for complacency, says chairman.03 Feb 04:28 AM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessZespri's big headache in China about to get seasonal spikeNew round of grafting about to start by Chinese unlawfully growing NZ gold kiwifruit.01 Feb 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessStressed, anxious? Fonterra's working on itWatch this space says Fonterra on debut into adult mental wellbeing support.24 Jan 06:00 AM
AgribusinessAre days of live animal exports from Napier numbered?The second livestock ship this year has been and gone as Govt review drags on.22 Jan 04:22 AM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessFonterra launches product to help anxious AmericansAnother market step unfolds in Fonterra's reset global business strategy.13 Jan 11:12 PM
AgribusinessZespri and CRI discuss JV to boost hunt for new kiwifruitProposal to cement Zespri and Plant & Food's kiwifruit innovation bond.02 Dec 04:00 PM
AgribusinessPacific workers could be too late for Central Otago orchardsThe region's cherries could ripen before workers arrive to pick them, mayor says.26 Nov 10:06 PM
AgribusinessBanks' appetite for horticulture needs a close eyeAgriculture sector shows less strain from Covid-19 than others, says central bank.24 Nov 10:03 PM
New ZealandFocus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern at the Primary Industries SummitPM Jacinda Ardern reveals plans for the primary sector facing drop in foreign labour due to Covid-19. Video / Mark MitchellWatch23 Nov 09:16 PM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessFonterra's fresh thinking for China marketFonterra casting off the China business cringe factor with fresh market offerings.19 Nov 04:35 AM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessSale hammer falls on large-scale dairying ventureLights go out for poster venture for large-scale sustainable dairying.11 Nov 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessShareholders to Fonterra: Only one-way messaging nowFonterra shareholders' guardian says blurred role helped sour relationship with farmers.09 Nov 04:00 PM
Business ReportsFood proves hard for ESG investors to digestThe sector's social and governance impacts resist easy measurement.02 Nov 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionSimon WilsonSimon Wilson: No point in Greens being a poodle hoping to be thrown a boneThe parties of the left have a greater goal than coalition and different ways to reach it.22 Oct 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessRegulators still mum on Fonterra books probeRegulators say inquiries into Fonterra books still a work in progress.16 Oct 04:46 AM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessWhat dairy protein production could look like in 2030What place will dairy cows have in global protein production in 10 years?07 Oct 04:37 AM
AgribusinessRecord year for Waikato's Tatua dairy companyTatua dairy farmers are again the envy of the sector.30 Sep 10:11 PM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessChina in a hurry for new Fonterra health support offersFonterra launches new e-commerce products as Covid sharpens China's health focus.28 Sep 04:00 PM
Business ReportsPrimary sector a shining light, concern over global outlookSector leaders are keen to see a long-term, co-ordinated recovery plan.27 Sep 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumBusiness ReportsResurgence pops plans for transtasman bubbleSupport for transtasman travel but only when safe, reports Tim McCready.27 Sep 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessWage subsidy court plaintiff eyes Alliance annual resultAlliance meat company posts its annual results in November.24 Sep 05:33 AM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessAlliance meat company hits back at criticism of wage subsidy paybackMeat company says it applied wage subsidy "to right people, in right way".22 Sep 10:03 PM
AgribusinessFonterra buys Australian dairy brandFonterra buys cheese market booster in Australia.15 Sep 09:32 PM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessFive hopefuls so far for two Fonterra director spotsFonterra shareholders to get plenty of choice of future directors this year.15 Sep 05:45 AM
PremiumPremiumAgribusinessNo live animal export trade review release before electionDamien O'Connor fronts on live animal export trade after storm loss of ship.09 Sep 05:40 AM
AgribusinessFonterra slides down a couple of places in global rankingFonterra's new consolidated business strategy leads to a slip in global rankings.01 Sep 08:47 PM