New Zealand's persimmon season will kick off early this year, with fruit set to hit shelves soon.

A day after selling its consumer businesses, Fonterra has settled a civil claim, filed by Greenpeace, out of court.

Average sheep and beef farm profit is forecast to double this year, and rural communities are set to reap the benefits.

Two major acquisitions in the New Zealand dairy sector were completed this week.

Having caused quite a stir at last year’s Agritechnica, Chinese manufacturer Zoomlion is reported to be conducting large-scale field trials of its flagship DX7004 hybrid wheeled tractor, paired with a 13-furrow reversible plough to demonstrate and confirm its suitability for ultra-high-power tillage operations.

OPINION: President Trump's tariff wars have torpedoed the US grain belt's biggest market, China, sending many US family farms to the wall.

The proposed retrenchment of Heinz Wattied's manufacturing presenced in New Zealand will be a blow to the wallets of more than 200 Canterbury vegetable growers.

Silver Fern Farms chief executive Dan Boulton says the meat processor wants to find ways of getting product destined for Middle East markets into those markets as opposed to try and place them elsewhere.

The current Middle East war could not have happened at a worse time for New Zealand.

More than five million trays, or 18,000 tonnes, of Zespri’s RubyRed Kiwifruit will soon be available for consumers across 16 markets this season.