Rabobank New Zealand has appointed Karin van Selm as group executive, wholesale banking. 

Alliance Group has shipped its first big meat consignment in vacuum skin tray packaging to Hong Kong.

During the election campaign NZ farmers – and the rural community in general – came under attack from politicians and the public, and felt they were being demonised.

New Zealand faces mounting competition from emerging agricultural countries Mexico, Peru, Morocco and Thailand, says Young Horticulturist of the Year competition chair Elle Anderson.

With Australian farmers focussed on the big wet across the country’s south, let’s look at the background -- how the dairy market is behaving, and what it means for farmgate prices.

The events of the past few months have shown up a gaping hole in the information reaching Australian dairy farmers.

Entries for the Steak of Origin challenge close on February 19.

In the second of our ‘in the hot seat’ interviews we talk with Matt Costello, Rabobank animal proteins analyst.

Silver Fern Farms' board plans a 50:50 partnership with China's leading meat processor Shanghai Maling, a listed company based in Shanghai, owned 38% by Bright Food Group.

Westland Milk has opened a company in China to market products in the lucrative market.