Dry summer will hurt GDP
Dry summer will hurt GDP
Dry weather conditions will take their toll on the rural economy and economists are expressing concerns about their impact on GDP.
Sally Rae
Bonus shares will distribute reserves
Bonus shares will distribute reserves
A bonus issue of $32 million in shares is being made to CRT and Farmlands shareholders to distribute the retained earnings and unallocated reserves of the rural supply co-operatives.
Fonterra, A-ware venture
Fonterra, A-ware venture
Fonterra and Netherlands-based A-ware Food Group have signed an agreement to develop a cheese plant and dairy ingredients plant in Heerenveen, in the north of the Netherlands.
Couple hit the trail together one last time
Couple hit the trail together one last time
When Jennie McLaren took a wagon on this year's Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust's cavalcade , she had a very special ''passenger'' on board - the ashes of husband Stu.
Different approach transforms farm
Different approach transforms farm
It would be fair to say there was a reasonable amount of frustration at Shortlands Station a few years ago.
Siblings home on the range
Siblings home on the range
When Alan ''Dobbie'' Dobson turned 60, his birthday present from his wife could not have been more perfect.
Broncs go on trek to winter home
Broncs go on trek to winter home
The Outlaw Broncs have headed for the hills.
Dairy Expo broadens view of the industry
Dairy Expo broadens view of the industry
Question - what's black and white and red all over? Not necessarily a newspaper.
Happy doing it by the numbers
Happy doing it by the numbers
Australasian member firms of the Leading Edge Alliance, an international alliance of independently owned accounting firms, have been meeting in Dunedin this week.
Profit, My Sky figures increase
Profit, My Sky figures increase
Sky Network Television has achieved a 7.4% increase in profit for the half-year to December, along with a hefty increase in the number of My Sky subscribers.
A spot on the hill no trial at all for these two
A spot on the hill no trial at all for these two
Lindsay Carruthers may have completed the odd dog trialling course in his time but the Middlemarch farmer acknowledges he never relied on prize money to ''keep him in refreshments''.
Milk powder auctions providing dairy outlook buoyancy
Milk powder auctions providing dairy outlook buoyancy
Dairy prices continued to accelerate in the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, as dry conditions in the North Island squeeze milk production.
Wools achieves its threshold figure
Wools achieves its threshold figure
Wools of New Zealand has achieved the minimum threshold of $5 million in its share offer, allowing it to proceed with a strong wool grower-owned sales and marketing company.
Cavalier expects improvement
Cavalier expects improvement
Cavalier Corporation has reported half-year normalised profit after tax of $1.01 million, down 76% from a year ago, but signalled it expects an improvement in the next six months.
Timely success for new technology company
Timely success for new technology company
When Dunedin man Ryan Baker pitched the business he co-founded in front of a live audience and a panel of judges at the recent Webstock conference in Wellington, he likened it to the television show Dragon's Den.
Industrial property valuation up $12.3m
Industrial property valuation up $12.3m
Listed industrial property landlord Property For Industry (PFI) has announced a 7.5% drop in distributable profit for the year ended December 2012, which it has attributed to sales of properties in the previous year and vacancy during the year.
Focus on farm profitability
Focus on farm profitability
Profitability is the focus of the recently announced $65 million Collaboration for Sustainable Growth programme in the red meat sector, Beef and Lamb New Zealand chairman Mike Petersen says.
Energy efficiency could save $700,000
Energy efficiency could save $700,000
Silver Fern Farms is investing about $1.4 million in an energy management initiative that it says will deliver cost savings of $700,000 a year within two years.
'Wiggy' working to better his skills
'Wiggy' working to better his skills
Meet Wiggy from Wales. Paul ''Wiggy'' Davies has been in North Otago working for shearing contractor Owen Rowland, having met Mr Rowland when he was over shearing in Wales.
Couple thrilled when calf cleans up
Couple thrilled when calf cleans up
When Rob and Katrina Kelly entered a 7-month-old calf in the New Zealand Dairy Event - the country's biggest dairy show - they were hoping to win the calf class.