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Crafar properties could go for $200m
The sale of 16 Crafar dairy farms could be enough to cover all of the family's bank debt.

Crafar says overseas buyers may bail him out
The former head of NZ's biggest private dairy operation is talking to foreign interests in an attempt to trade his way out of debt.

Big two supermarket chains locked in fierce food fight
The grocery industry, lest we forget, is basically trench warfare, Tim Morris insists.

Time for action on pig welfare
The Govt should think carefully when drawing up its new rules for the treatment of pigs, writes Catriona MacLennan.

Govt to back greater penalties for animal cruelty
An MP's bill proposing an increase in maximum sentences for animal cruelty offences has earned Govt support.

Livestock scheme gets mixed reaction
Most industry groups welcomed the Government's announcement today that it will make a livestock tracing scheme compulsory - and pay for it.

Storms set scene for taste of the tropics
Unsettled conditions could mark a turning point for our summer weather, forecasters say.

Sea slug study can't find cash
Toxic sea slugs could be living in the waters around New Zealand but money to study them is proving harder to find than the slugs themselves.