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Fonterra's next payout may top $1 million per farmer
Fonterra farmers have been told their average cheque for next season may soar to record heights.
Fonterra says next season's payout may top $8.00
Fonterra today announced an opening forecast payout for the 2010/11 season of $6.90-$7.10 and said the full payout for the season might top $8.00.
<i>David Parker:</i> Keep farmland under NZ ownership
David Parker: Keep farmland under NZ ownership
Crafar in farm buy-back bid
Allan Crafar says he'll be able to put in an offer to buy his former land off the receivers later this week.
Poachers' dogs 'will be dead and hanging on my gate'
A farmer says he will shoot poachers' dogs after seeing too many savaged livestock caused by illegal hunters on private farms.
Middle Eastern scouts eye Crafar farms
An Australian is in town scouting out assets for Bahrani interests - which may include the Crafar farms
The rise and fall, and rise and fall of Norgate
The qualities that helped Craig Norgate reshape New Zealand's rural landscape have contributed to his undoing.
Probe launched into Chinese Crafar farm buy
The woman behind Natural Dairy's $1.5b purchase offer for Crafar farms, currently under investigation, has struck out over media coverage of the bid.
Fonterra boss warns farmers of 'volatile world'
Sir Henry van der Heyden has urged dairy farmers to shore up their businesses against possible future volatility.
Corn smut - great tasting and good for you too
A corn infection that US farmers have spent millions trying to eradicate, is in fact packed with unique proteins, minerals and other nutritional goodies, tests have found.
Farmers' economic confidence improves
Farmers' economic confidence improved in the first months of 2010, boosted by sheep and beef prices.
Chinese dairy farm bidder in court
May Wang, the public face of the Chinese-led bid to buy the Crafar dairy empire, appeared in court this morning.