Sally Rae

Chooks in cages - there is no doubt it is an emotive issue.

The phasing out of battery cages for hens from 2016 is set out in a new code of welfare for layer hens, but some producers fear the move will cause major disruption to the egg industry. Sally Rae reports.

The number of redundancies among workers at Alliance Group's Mataura plant is sitting at 190, but that figure could increase to more than 200.

A short deluge of rain in the Waitaki district last month was not enough to trigger a weather warning, but it was enough to cause significant surface flooding.

Christmas has come early for Fonterra farmer shareholders with the dairy giant lifting its 2012-13 season payout forecast range by 25c to $5.90-$6.

Six small Central Otago wine growers have banded together, aspiring to a greater promotion, awareness and appreciation for artisan wines.

A $67 million investment to commission a state-of-the-art beef-processing operation at Te Aroha is testament to Silver Fern Farms' strong confidence in the sector, chairman Eoin Garden says.

Having tried both conventional and organic farming, Otago sheep and beef farmer Glenn Mead is convinced organic is the way to go.

The development of a robotic automated cup attachment system - in a joint venture involving Dunedin-based Scott Technology - is being heralded as a significant breakthrough for the dairy farming industry.

An $87 million programme that will look at how more value can be generated from beef carcasses has attracted government funding.

Farmers intuitively know which are their best and poorest-performing paddocks.

Volatility in agri-commodity prices looks likely to continue into 2013, particularly for grain and oilseed markets, a new report from Rabobank shows.

Demand for units in the Fonterra Shareholder Fund surged yesterday, with $133 million worth of trading in the three hours following the launch of Trading Among Farmers.

When Clive Wallis says he has "had some dreams", he's not kidding.