Debate continues to rage over Fonterra's controversial Trading Among Farmers proposal, with Federated Farmers dairy chairman Willy Leferink saying the lobbying from all sides is "frankly unbelievable".
New Zealand Pork is appealing a High Court judgement which did not support its challenge of new import health standards.
It has been a big month for Otago dog triallist Graeme Dickie.
The bull-selling season in the South is off to a strong start.
When North Otago Boer goat breeders Owen and Annette Booth visited the Sydney Royal Easter Show last year, they liked what they saw.
A new model is being introduced to the Audacious Challenge - an entrepreneur-in-residence.
Dunedin biotech company Blis Technologies has posted its eighth consecutive loss - a $1.7 million deficit for the year ending March 31.
It was bitter and protracted but, after 85 days, the stoush between meat processor Affco and the New Zealand Meat Workers Union finally ended this week.
Olivia Ross reckons the skills she has learned through entering stock-judging competitions will stand her in good stead.
Being an entrepreneur is not easy, says visiting Florida academic Michael Bowers.
Simon Couper has resigned as chairman of the Fonterra Shareholders Council, citing his lack of comfort with some aspects of the Trading Among Farmers (TAF) scheme.
Fonterra shareholders will vote on a special resolution to tighten controls on the controversial Trading Among Farmers (TAF) scheme.
Dairy farmers are being warned to be cautious about spending after Fonterra cut its forecast payout range for the current season by 30c - representing an estimated $500 million drop in revenue for the New Zealand economy.
From small beginnings making equipment for her own dogs, Rose Voice has successfully developed a business which exports to dog handlers around the world.
Debate over the controversial Trading Among Farmers scheme has to be a good thing, North Otago Federated Farmers president Richard Strowger says.
Bull-selling season has begun in the South.
North Otago Angus breeders Neil and Rose Sanderson had a tremendous sale at the Beef and Lamb New Zealand beef expo at Feilding last week.
New Zealand's deer industry is a role model that other sectors, and particularly others in the red-meat sector, can "certainly learn from", Primary Industries Minister David Carter says.
If there was a more virulent variety of rabbit haemorrhagic disease in Australia that could be useful in New Zealand, then the Government would not say it could not be introduced.
Markets are diversifying and there are untapped markets for venison and co-products - what is needed now is the product.
