Low milk prices have not only affected farmgate returns in New Zealand, they blew a $44 million hole last financial year in Fonterra's China farm business.

Some farmers in Hawkes Bay have suffered big lamb losses as a result of the recent floods.

Alliance Group is out to entice dissatisfied Silver Fern Farm suppliers and shore up support of its own in 24 roadshows around the country, which kicked off last Thursday.

Fonterra chair John Wilson says there has been “a complete misunderstanding” over the pay increase for the co-op’s chief executive.

A farmer-backed consortium was planning to take to Silver Fern Farms a counter-offer to the $261 million buy-in by Chinese company Shanghai Maling, according to conjecture within the industry.

Claims that Silver Fern Farms approached the Government for funding and/or sought a meeting with Finance Minister Bill English for over a year have been debunked by the co-op's chair Rob Hewett.

Ballance Agri-Nutrients achieved record sales for its financial year ended 31 May 2015.

The last 20 years of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have provided an objective framework to base our international trade and seen the Feds provide great assistance to small countries like New Zealand.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand is calling on sheep and beef farmers to rise to the Farmstrong Cycle Challenge and get some kilometres under their belts.

Kiwifruit industry regulator Kiwifruit New Zealand (KNZ) has announced the appointment of Kristy McDonald QC as its new board chair.

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