Prices of dairy products on Fonterra's overnight online auction dropped 4.5% this week - the biggest decrease since July last year - indicating why the dairy co-operative last week lowered its forecast payout for the 2011-12 season.
The service sector has shown further momentum, with a healthy February result providing some encouraging signs for the overall economy, BusinessNZ chief executive Phil O'Reilly says.
Strong sales volume growth is continuing in the rural property sector, figures released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand show.
When Allan Roulston started planting trees on his Hillend property, it was all about necessity.
Brendan Williams loves pies - which is just as well, given he is at the helm of Marlow Pies, the South Dunedin-based business which produces between about 30,000 and 40,000 pies each week.
Don Morrison has won the Glammies. The Gore farmer's Growbulk lamb was named 2012 Beef and Lamb New Zealand Golden Lamb Awards grand champion at the Upper Clutha A and P Show.
The biggest silo made in a New Zealand workshop and transported in one piece has rolled out of Christchurch.
Fonterra's announcement last week of a 15c reduction in its payout forecast for the 2011-12 season might not be the only revision for the season, Federated Farmers dairy chairman Willy Leferink says.
Shelley Adams used to bake cakes for her bakery.
Farm-gate lamb prices have continued to soften as the season reaches full pace, while good seasonal conditions have seen slaughter numbers lift much more slowly than normal.
An Auckland-based specialty grocery retailer, which slashed the price of milk to $1 a litre last month, is now looking to bottle its own.
When Lance Streeter moved to Oamaru and opened a business, he was looking for positive, upbeat people to bounce ideas off.
Fonterra has reduced its payout forecast for the 2011-12 season by 15c, citing the strength in the New Zealand dollar, higher levels of global milk production and uncertainties in international markets.
With a price tag of about $23,000 and weighing 750kg, a travertine stone bath is hefty in both price tag and weight.
It is a hunting competition with a difference.
Any change to the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (Dira) for Fonterra's proposed Trading Among Farmers (Taf) must hinge on supplier-shareholder endorsement, Federated Farmers says.
Johnny and Tanya Bell's goal is to have a low-cost and flexible farming system.
ANZ New Zealand has doubled its farm start-up package, providing up to $120 million of lending to help young farmers take their first step in agriculture and progress towards farm ownership.
Federated Farmers has re- opened its feed information line in the South after indications some farmers could run short of feed.
Fonterra's board has backed a farmer trust custodian for its shareholder fund as part of Trading Among Farmers (TAF).
