The latest beef market report by Rabobank shows a trend that will be of concern to NZ cattle farmers.

A leading Hawke’s Bay orchardist says getting the recovery of the apple industry right in Hawke’s Bay is critical to the whole economy of the region.

Scales Corp has recorded a 43.5% fall in underlying net profit after tax (NPAT) for the six months ending June 30.

Sixty five percent of NZ's apple crop is grown in Hawke's Bay and 4,000 hectares - or about half the total crop grown in the region - has been affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Have global dairy prices found a floor? Economists don't think so.

International food commodity prices declined in August, led by staples other than rice and sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) says.

Apple company, Rockit Global scooped two marketing awards recently.

OPINION: Not so long ago, a payout starting with a six would have been happily accepted by the dairy sector.

OPINION: Is the Chinese dairy slump coming to an end? Yes, according to one of the China’s biggest dairy companies, Yili Industrial Group.

Latest data out of China isn't making good reading for New Zealand dairy farmers.