New Zealand investors have swung behind Synthase Biotech with an injection of $800,000 in the start-up’s first capital raising outside of its founding group.

Eradication of the great white butterfly – a threat to brassicas including forage crops and commercial vegetables – is a world-first achievement, says Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy.

One new director and nine new Shareholders’ Councillors will take office following the Fonterra annual meeting on Thursday.

New Zealand companies need to step up their efforts, in view of the hope for better lamb prices this season evaporating faster than a summer shower.

Synlait Milk won the Best Growth Strategy category at the 2016 Deloitte Top 200 Awards last night.

An 80HA slip in your land, fences down, aftershocks and stock in desperate need of attention would seem enough to deal with after a 7.8 earthquake ruptures your farm.

Sheep farmers have had better lambing than expected this year, with percentages up, though the lamb crop was smaller overall due to fewer ewes mated.

The first 84-bail composite Waikato Milking Systems rotary platform built in the US has won an energy efficiency award.

Synlait Milk’s annual meeting of shareholders yesterday highlighted that their record 2016 profit of $34.4 million showed their value added strategy is successful.

Applications for funding from the Primary Industries Earthquake Relief Fund are now open, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has announced.