Sally Rae

Former Silver Fern Farms chief executive Keith Cooper was paid between $1.84 million and $1.85 million in the past financial year.

China is back as New Zealand's top export destination, displacing Australia after a six-month run.

Former Silver Fern Farms director David Shaw says questions remain about the proposed joint venture with Shanghai Maling.

Two southern women have been recognised at the Enterprising Rural Women Awards held in Nelson.

Tom Ballantine has been through a rough patch.

Wool is a fibre that ''easily ticks all the boxes''.

For 150 years, the Nichol's brand has been synonymous with the South as business reporter Sally Rae reports.

Omarama farmers Richard and Annabelle Subtil have shared the title of the Lincoln University Foundation's South Island Farmer of the Year with a Marlborough mussel-farming operation.

Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur, says Lou Donnelly-Davey, the new marketing manager for Timely Ltd, who is always looking for the ''next thing''.

An improved financial performance has led Fonterra to lift its forecast earnings-per-share range by 5c to 45c-55c, as it continues to cut costs.

Sheep and beef farmers are being urged to plan for and adapt to increased environmental regulation.

When Paul Greaves suffered a brain stem stroke back in 2012, it forced some major changes in his life.

Glenys Coughlan has already got her mountain bike at the repair shop and bought a new road bike as she prepares to embrace the Central Otago lifestyle.

''Do the maths. Invest in the future.''

A small Oamaru taxi company is putting its own stamp on mail delivery - and not just in North Otago, but potentially nationwide.

Yvonne Sutherland's Happy Hens have come home to roost in a field of poppies.

Alliance Group's profit has taken a dive and operating profit was down $4.28million in the year ended September.