A capital crunch is starting to impact farmers as the banks get more cagey about lending to dairy and the sheep and beef sectors, writes Hayden Dillon, head of agribusiness and a managing partner at Findex.

Fertiliser co-op Ravensdown has posted a pre-tax profit and rebate of $52 million for the year ended May 31, 2019.

At least some not-bad news for Fonterra: the co-op has climbed to fourth-largest in the world’s dairy company rankings.

Was last week’s 3.4% drop in the Global Dairy Trade overall price index a warning sign or a temporary dip? Economists are divided.

The rural property market is lacking ‘zing’ despite high primary product prices and low interest rates, says BNZ’s agribusiness report Rural Wrap.

Strong global demand for dairy and constrained milk supply will keep farmgate prices high, say New Zealand’s large milk processors.

Silver Fern Farms Cooperative has reported a net profit before tax of $2.4m for the 2018 financial year.

Fonterra's milk price review last week was a mixed bag, says Federated Farmers vice president Andrew Hoggard.

Summer has seen a good start to farm sales, according to the latest data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ)

Sales of tractors and farm machinery hit a new record in 2018 and there are no signs of a slow down.