Westland Milk Products’ sale to Chinese interests is an ironic end to the co-op, which last August was named New Zealand’s 2018 Cooperative Business of the Year.

A group of former suppliers of Westland Milk Products has formally asked the Overseas Investment Office to block or delay the sale to Yili.

Wine as medicine has a long and interesting history, as Lee Suckling reports.

New Zealand’s fresh product industry and supply chain is valued at $14.7 billion, making it the eleventh-largest industry in NZ, says a new report by the industry.

Corporate farmer Southern Pastures, Westland Milk Products’ largest shareholder and milk supplier, says it will abstain from voting on the proposed takeover offer by Chinese giant Yili.

A Taranaki family have proved that profitable dairying and paying special attention to the environment aren’t incompatible.

When Giltrap Engineering bought Duncan Ag in 2018, along with the stable of Duncan drills it acquired the company’s line-up of bale feeders and feed-out wagons.

Planning is crucial to designing a safe, effective effluent pond.

Horticulture NZ received high praise at an Australian horticultural conference last week.

An air of uncertainty hangs over the whole agri sector, says the ANZ’s managing director of commercial and agri, Mark Hiddleston.