A new recommendation on the Crafar farms deal is expected soon following a High Court decision.

The country's second-biggest dairy processor has posted a $29.5m annual loss, a performance it calls ''extremely disappointing''.

Fonterra says two voluntary recalls of its products in five months because of metal contamination are not related.

Enzafoods' added-value products may spell salvation for beleaguered fruitgrowers who have traditionally exported their whole-fruit crops.

A Swiss couple have taken over Kina Beach Vineyard in the Tasman district and plan to expand its profile and production.

Two more Awatere Valley vineyards are up for mortgagee and receivership sale

As Zespri's critics capitalise on an industry disease crisis to go for its throat, the national kiwifruit marketer is defending its sales record in China and South Korea.

Kiwi bulk wine exports increased last year, but the amount of bulk wine flowing out of the country appears to be slowing.

Fonterra has recalled two ranges of butter after receiving complaints that metal objects were found in the products.

The best of New Zealand's farmland has been cherry-picked by cash-rich foreign buyers, opponents of overseas ownership claim.

Specialised milk collected from cows at night is claimed to help people with sleep disorders.

OPINION: Sir Michael Fay's High Court bid to block the $200 million sale of Crafar Farms to Chinese firm Shanghai Pengxin looks destined to fall flat.

The amount of productive farmland being taken out of Kiwi hands each year has dropped off sharply in the past decade, newly released figures show.

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Zespri deputy chairman Peter McBride says there is "no reason" for him to step aside while an independent investigation probes an allegation he is linked to unlicensed planting of a new gold fruit variety.

The Psa-V disease is NZ's biggest agricultural disaster – and the Government must take responsibility, say organisers of a meeting to demand compensation.

The NZX is to run Fonterra's farmer share trading scheme, which is expected to launch in November.

Scrutiny of how the price of milk is set in NZ is cranking up again.

Dairy farmer cooperative LIC saw interim revenue and underlying earnings lift, thanks to demand for its solutions to make dairying more efficient and productive.

Slashing the price of milk by a boutique Hamilton food store is a gimmick which could backfire on customers, according to a supermarket boss.

German company BayWa has extended its offer for Turners & Growers for a second time as acceptances trickle in.

Sheep are becoming the new gold, says PGG Wrightson Waikato auction sales manager Neil Lyons.

A booming possum trade in recent months has increased DOC's concern about illegal trapping.

A German pipfruit supplier has upped its stake in Turners & Growers and now controls 69.5 per cent of the company.

Zespri chairman John Loughlin says he will make public a report investigating a bitter intellectual property stoush between growers.

A mysterious foreign buyer could be just days away from snapping up more than 2000 hectares of eastern Taranaki farmland.

The best pilchard? The one on a hook that's just been swallowed by a snapper.

Chinese majority-owned dairy business Synlait Milk has been given the green light by the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) to buy the land on which its factory rests for about $1.1 million.

A last-ditch High Court challenge to the $200 million sale of Crafar Farms to Pengxin, by a group of farmers led by Sir Michael Fay, may hinge on a point of law.

There has been another hold up in the sale of the Crafar farms, apparently related to a call for more time by the Overseas Investment Office.

Lawyers trying to block the sale of Crafar Farms to Chinese firm Shanghai Pengxin have told the High Court at Wellington the move would not benefit New Zealanders as required by law.

Zespri has appointed former judge and mediator Sir Peter Trapski to investigate claims a board member is associated with the "illegal" grafting of a new gold kiwifruit variety.

Movie mogul James Cameron fell in love with New Zealand 18 years ago and vowed to make it home.

Receivers for South Canterbury Finance have sold out of Dairy Holdings for $55 million, ending a bitter fight over its ownership.

Philosophical differences have caused the Australian part-owner of Martinborough's Te Kairanga and several other New Zealand wineries to pull out of the venture.

An Indonesian family has bought 50 per cent of Southland's Blue River Dairy Products, which controls 1543 hectares of land near Invercargill.

NZ's forestry exports may have a rough ride over the next year as falling demand from China puts the sector under pressure.

A new Fonterra proposal would ensure legal title to shares would be held by a farmers' trust.

Fonterra's bumper season continues, with January likely to topple December as a record-breaking export month.

The project manager of a Hurunui irrigation scheme has welcomed an independent endorsement of the project, but says the cost to many farmers is still unaffordable.

A small hatchery tucked away near Kaiapoi mostly goes under the radar, but it supports the multimillion-dollar South Island salmon industry.