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Avocado prices spike

Avocado prices have spiked to over $3 each after a "moderate" growing season and surging demand.

Golden apple industry on its way to $1b target

After some tough times, apple growers have enjoyed three record years in a row and are well on the way to their $1b target.

Orchards facing labour shortage threat

Late start to the season means apple growers will face a race against time to have fruit picked, raising concerns about the availability of labour.

Landcorp, Shanghai Pengxin part ways

State-owned Landcorp and China's Shanghai Pengxin Group - the company that bought the distressed Crafar farms in 2012 - are about to part company.

Cattle breach escapes penalty

Environment Canterbury is standing by its decision not to fine or prosecute Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias and her businessman husband Hugh Fletcher after photos emerged of their cattle drinking out of a North Canterbury lake.

Editorial: Farm injuries show it's time for rethink

Worksafe will need to show its approach to farm safety is reducing workplace casualties or farmers could find themselves being held to account in the courts.

Collaboration between Zespri and T&G

Watch: Happy Kiwi hens wow the world

WATCH: A YouTube video featuring thousands of Northland chickens has unexpectedly gathered more than 600,000 views.

Controlling costs is key

For Garry Reymer, who farms near Cambridge, ongoing low dairy prices will mean more cost control, but he stops short of saying the situation is desperate.

No drought break in sight for South

The region's current drought began on February 12 last year, and it has now been extended three times.

Have NZ farmers escaped El Nino?

It has caused havoc everywhere else but Kiwi farmers may get a lucky break.

Robin Grieve: Our leaders are misleading us on climate change

The utterings of our leaders demonstrate how global warming has moved from a scientific theory where integrity matters, to a political movement where it doesn't, writes Robin Grieve.

Wool prices up at first auction of 2016

Wool prices rose at the first auction following the Christmas and New Year holiday period, helped by the lower New Zealand dollar.

Farmers search for missing cows online

Ranchers and dairy farmers in the US have gone online in their search for thousands of missing cattle after a two-day blizzard buried herds.

Smart farming eases the big dry

El Nino is technically past its peak, but the true impact of the weather pattern looks likely to play out over the next few months.

Tough times in the US cranberry industry

As cranberry season reaches its zenith over the Christmas holiday, farmers are increasingly selling family-owned cranberry bogs to larger operators.

Fonterra sells Aust business to Parmalat

Dairy prices eke out small gain in last 2015 auction

Dairy prices finished the year on a slightly firmer note at this morning's GlobalDairyTrade auction, the GDT price index gaining by just 1.9 per cent.