Offer will give farmers flexibility
Offer will give farmers flexibility
A supply offer enabling Fonterra farmer shareholders to sell the economic rights of some of their shares will open in May.
Sally Rae
Help for aspiring kitchen experts
Help for aspiring kitchen experts
Inspired by MasterChef? Need a poussin or some porcini powder to whip up Sunday lunch? Or some seaweed seasoning and smoked mushrooms for that Friday night dinner party? Kevin and Esther Gilbert, from Gilbert's Fine Food, might just be able to oblige.
Finding love in the outback and a home in NZ
Finding love in the outback and a home in NZ
Suffering a car breakdown in Australia's Northern Territory proved to be a stroke of luck for Regina Bernbeck.
He always hankered for a pie business
He always hankered for a pie business
Steven Turner reckons the humble pie is the ''classic fast food''.
Clutha Agricultural Development Board weighing up its future
Clutha Agricultural Development Board weighing up its future
The future of the Clutha Agricultural Development Board will be on the agenda at the organisation's annual meeting in Balclutha tomorrow.
Simple methods fine for family
Simple methods fine for family
Robert Butson's farming philosophy has always been to keep it simple.
NZ seen as agribusiness 'beacon'
NZ seen as agribusiness 'beacon'
Damien McLoughlin has a simple message for New Zealand's agricultural sector - it needs a pat on the back.
Update given on marketing fine wool
Update given on marketing fine wool
The fine-wool industry has to continually lift its game as it faces increasing competition, New Zealand Merino Company chief executive John Brakenridge says.
Cooper rejects Eckhoff claims
Cooper rejects Eckhoff claims
A suggestion that supplier workshops organised by Silver Fern Farms contradict the ''openness and transparency'' that farmers are demanding in the red-meat industry has been strongly rejected by chief executive Keith Cooper.
Dairy prices soar on drought
Dairy prices soar on drought
Dairy prices soared to record levels in this week's GlobalDairyTrade auction as drought hits local milk production, and it is predicted total production could drop for the first time in five years.
'Key day' for meat industry
'Key day' for meat industry
Nearly 1000 farmers gathered in Gore yesterday to overwhelmingly support a mandate for radical change in the beleaguered red meat industry.
North Island farmer among red meat meeting throng
North Island farmer among red meat meeting throng
It has been a big couple of days for central Hawkes Bay farmer Angus McPhail.
Superfine woven cloth as recognition
Superfine woven cloth as recognition
Robbie Gibson could well soon be the flashest-dressed farmer in Tarras.
$75m market growth good for organics
$75m market growth good for organics
Organic Dairy and Pastoral Group chairman Glenn Mead says the results of the latest research report on the organic sector are ''very encouraging''.
Finding success at the Glammies
Finding success at the Glammies
Waitahuna farmer Colin Lockhart is hoping to do one better in next year's Beef and Lamb New Zealand Golden Lamb Awards.
Leadership skills programme an 'eye-opener'
Leadership skills programme an 'eye-opener'
When Amanda Hasselman returned home to Glenorchy after attending a leadership skills programme in Wellington, she admits her brain was ''fizzing''.
Company success a natural progression
Company success a natural progression
It's not every day that you get an email from Claudia Schiffer's nanny.
Vote backs funding red-meat initiative
Vote backs funding red-meat initiative
Sheep and beef farmers have given the seal of approval to co-fund the $65 million Collaboration for Sustainable Growth red-meat sector initiative, paving the way for the programme to proceed.
Water transforms area
Water transforms area
Irrigation has resulted in a major transformation of the Hawea Flat area.
'Massive' farmer turnout expected at Gore meeting
'Massive' farmer turnout expected at Gore meeting
Farmers are being urged to form a united front when the future of the red meat industry is discussed in Gore next week.