We've been the butt of sheep jokes for generations, but New Zealand's flock is in decline.

As prices for iron ore are projected to slip, cattle is becoming more attractive to Australian mining companies.

Conservatives leader Colin Craig has won an eleventh-hour High Court scrap over his exclusion from a televised political debate.

Prime Minister John Key made an assurance no more than 2 per cent of New Zealand's farmland was foreign-owned.

An egg farmer who admitted duping consumers by passing off 2.47 million eggs from caged hens as free-range has claimed the practice is widespread.

Why are dairy prices falling? Well, if you read industry commentary from places like the United States and Europe they know who's to blame. It's us.

Overseas sale of 13,800ha station would be a tragedy, says Conservative leader

Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin confirmed it is aiming to buy a $70 million North Island farm, which would be second-largest foreign purchase of New Zealand land.

The old Sony factory in Japan's Miyagi Prefecture is up and running again. But this time it's an indoor farm that is the largest of its kind.

Labour Leader David Cunliffe says a Govt he led would invest up to $200 million over four years in development projects aimed at resuscitating flagging regional economies.

Farmers in the UK are upset that a large supermarket chain is promoting New Zealand lamb over locally sourced sheepmeat.

The world's appetite for chicken is growing faster than any other meat, while pork consumption is slowing, according to an OECD report.

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

The Green Party has dismissed the new bottom lines as "weak" and argues the measures mean rivers will only have to be clean enough for wading or boating.

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

Fieldays is over and tens of thousands of visitors to Mystery Creek have witnessed the future of dairy farming.

It's a long way from netball hoops to jumping through the hoops of doing business in China but farmer Mike Wilkins is aiming as carefully as his former Silver Fern wife.

A 4WD track featuring steep slopes, a waterfall, boulders and pools of water is one of the attractions at this year's National Fieldays in Hamilton.

American scientists are attempting to breed chickens that can cope with scorching heat as part of a series of government-funded programmes.

Rogue dairy farmers exploiting migrant workers have no place in the industry, a senior farming leader says.

Thousands of sheep in Australia are believed to have died after eating a poisonous plant that makes them “bash their heads on posts and rocks until they crack open”.

Labour's Shadow Minister of Finance David Parker looked the part in delivering his party's monetary policy.

The Commerce Commission says farmers concerned about their interest rate swaps have until the end of the month to contact the regulator otherwise they may miss out on future compensation claims.

Despite reports, comments and rhetoric on how farmers are destroying New Zealand's waterways, a step change has occurred within the primary sector, writes John Donkers.