EconomyFarmers 'won't go on spree' despite payoutDon't expect dairy farmers to be hitting the tractor stores or real estate offices anytime soon, despite the upgrade in their payout.22 Sep 04:00 PM
AgribusinessFonterra asks farmers for cashFarmer owners of the country's biggest company, Fonterra, have been asked to come up with the cash they forbid directors to go to the sharemarket for.18 Sep 04:00 PM
AgribusinessFonterra offers farmers more shares in new capital strucutureFonterra's chairman 'totally disagrees' with any suggestion new 'dry shares' will soften up farmers for the idea of listing on the stock exchange.18 Sep 03:38 AM
AgribusinessFonterra's new capital scheme unveiledFonterra, New Zealand's biggest exporter, has unveiled its latest restructuring plan, which it promises will allow farmers to keep control of the co-operative.18 Sep 01:00 AM
AgribusinessGreenpeace moves palm kernel protest to portGreenpeace is trying to keep up pressure on Fonterra to limit its use of palm kernel feed with a public rally outside the Ports of Tauranga.16 Sep 10:13 PM
AgribusinessPolice: All 14 protesters removed from shipFarmers have described Greenpeace's occupation of an inbound cargo vessel as 'economic treason.'16 Sep 11:25 AM
AgribusinessSecond activist arrested from animal feed cargo shipPolice make second arrest while expressing serious safety concerns for activists aboard a cargo ship off the Tauranga coast.16 Sep 04:09 AM
AgribusinessChinese firm in talks to buy Kiwi dairying giantNZ's largest privately owned dairy operation is considering selling out to a Chinese company for over $200m.09 Sep 12:00 AM
