The fire at a Waikato beef processing works at the weekend will cost the jobs of 160 meat workers but plant owner Silver Fern Farms said insurance should cover most of the interrupted business and rebuilding costs.
Competition is considered the best way to improve performance, and that is certainly the case for Nelson and Fiona Hancox.
The backers of a new strong-wool marketing company are defending the level of financial disclosure, saying their prospectus met legal obligations and critics were trying to subvert it.
A parasitic wasp will later this week be released on a Southland farm as scientists and farmers begin to fight back against the clover root weevil.
Bankers remain committed to lending to sheep and beef farmers, but that support is tempered by concerns about the sector's long-term economic performance.
Winning an enterprise innovation award will help launch a Dunedin ticketing company internationally, its founder says.
By next September, New Zealand's lamb kill is expected to have fallen six million in six years, raising questions about where it will all end. Data released by Beef and Lamb New Zealand (BLNZ)...
Dairy prices continued to stabilise at Wednesday night's globalDairyTrade internet auction, rising just 1.6% compared to the sale last month.
The debate over a new industry structure for strong wool has turned nasty, with allegations opponents of change were spreading misinformation to undermine discussion and protecting their turf.
Dairy giants Fonterra and Nestle are expanding their Dairy Partners America's joint venture into Chile.
The accounts of medical diagnostic company Pacific Edge remain in the red but chairman Chris Swann said it was on the verge of a commercial breakthrough.
What a difference a few weeks make.
The backers of a new strong wool marketing co-operative remain confident they will reach their supplier target despite extending the share offer deadline by 17 days.
Moulding a West Otago hill-country farm with a developing run block is creating a few challenges for the manager of Wilden Station.
The new director-general of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is looking forward to re-acquainting himself with those who he says work in "the engine room of the economy".
The continued focus on strengthening its balance sheet saw the country's largest meat company halve its profit last year, but Silver Fern Farms (SFF) says its three-year restructuring programme is finally behind it.
Farmers can expect snap visits from health and safety inspectors and possible fines of up to $3000 for breaches, as the Department of Labour takes a harder line on unsafe quadbike use.
September's storm claimed the lives of a million lambs on Otago and Southland farms, but tough winter and spring weather could potentially have killed double that throughout the country.
Two of the country's largest dairy companies have raised the advanced milk payment to suppliers and farmer cashflows are benefiting.
Australian farmers may be exempt from an emissions trading scheme - unlike their New Zealand counterparts - but from next year, they will be able to earn income by selling carbon credits.