The unanimous decision of a major United States flooring retail chain to stock New Zealand wool carpets has prompted an exporter to question why such opportunities have previously been lost.
A remote corner of Otago high country will be opened to the public next month when Federated Farmers hosts a field day in the Nevis Valley.
They could be accused by farmers of overoptimism, but farming leaders remain upbeat about the future of red meat production, while warning that investment was needed in marketing and markets diversified.
Achieving gender balance in law firm partnership was a case of allowing everyone the opportunity to reach their potential, according to the head of the Dunedin firm with the country's highest percentage of female partners.
Telecom's $5 million compensation package to customers for last week's mobile network failure has received some positive responses.
Milk powder prices appear to have stabilised, judging by Fonterra's latest globalDairyTrade Internet-based auction held on Tuesday night.
Meat and Wool New Zealand has made 21 Wellington-based staff redundant as the producer board restructures in the face of farmers ending the payment of levies on wool.
Consumers want and are prepared to pay for our meat, but benefits are not flowing back to southern farmers, who face an almost halving in income before tax this year.
Shareholders yesterday questioned Silver Fern Farms' co-operative ownership structure, saying farmers who had not supported the company's recent capital-raising were being treated the same as those who had.
Tulloch Transport has sold its South Island freight division to Transport Investments Ltd, owner of Nelson-based TNL.
Otago electricity users are being overcharged millions of dollars a year because they do not regularly review their energy contracts, according to an Internet-based electricity supplier.
South Otago farmer Howie Gardner has flown to Las Vegas and the world's largest flooring product trade fair as part of a strategy farmers hope will finally see a reversal in the declining fortunes of wool.
Supermarkets have a limited ability to raise the retail price of lamb, a buyer with one of the world's largest retailers says.
The prosperity lasted just a year before low lamb prices forced farmers to revert to survival mode and talk to return once again to what is wrong with the meat industry.
Senior management at Silver Fern Farms are taking a pay freeze in the coming year, while the rest of the staff are being asked to make savings which may fund pay increases for them.
Telecom will announce compensation plans for "significantly affected customers" early next week, as it focuses on getting its XT network operational as quickly as possible.
Southern business are threatening to change telcos, having lost patience after enduring a third day with no or intermittent cell phone coverage on Telecom's XT network yesterday.
Farming commentators are hailing Fonterra's raising of $271 million in new shareholder's capital as an achievement, given farmers' tight cash flow and not a sign the dairy giant needs to open its share base to general investors.
The clover-killing clover root weevil has been found in four places on the Taieri Plain, meaning farmers might have to use more chemical fertiliser to encourage pasture growth.
Cornerstone co-operative shareholders in the country's two largest wool brokers and exporters are in talks which could lead to a working relationship in the fractured sector.
