An elite bull that has delivered a major contribution to dairy farms nationwide will be recognised as one of the very best after being inducted into the Livestock Improvement Corporation's Hall of Fame.

Hawke's Bay farmer and former Federated Farmers national president Bruce Wills says he watched with interest the reports of Key's negotiations over the settling of a free trade agreement.

Shifts in supply and demand for milk products needed soon to get industry's prospects back on track Business writers Fran O'Sullivan and Alexander Speirs call the shots here every Thursday.