Alliance Group plans to entrench its cooperative status, encouraging farmers to 'share up' at a time rival Silver Fern Farms is watering down cooperative.

Wholemilk is down 4.4 per cent at first GDT auction of the year despite volume reductions, and outlook is weak.

Dairy farmers are the most optimistic group in New Zealand's agricultural sector for the coming year, according to a Federated Farmers poll.

Z Energy says committing to using biofuel is one way people can contribute to the global effort to reduce climate change outlined in the Paris Agreement.

10 things you need to know about the ham recall, listeria, and the infection it may cause.

Australian business Patties Foods sells its Nanna's frozen berries business just as Fruzio pulls its frozen berry range off shelves in its own Hepatitis A scare.

Several readers have contacted the Herald expressing their fears after eating the potentially contaminated ham.

Fruzio frozen berry brand is likely to be linked to a newly notified case of Hepatitis A.

The company involved in a Hepatitis A scare has announced it is recalling all of its frozen berry products.

China is taking steps to genetically engineer its own food supply rather than growing it the boring old traditional way.

A company has been fined for not providing employment agreements and failing to produce wage and time records for employees.

WATCH: Waikato farmer's impassioned defence of his fellow farmers following an expose on the "dark side of the farming industry".

Zespri and the Shaanxi Provincial Government signed a memorandum which may lead to the Tauranga-based kiwifruit marketer growing fruit in China.

Farming is largely a long term intergenerational business. But what could that future look like?

It's understood that the biggest losses would be in the study areas of greenhouse gases and field work.

Retired professor Dick Wilkins asks, why has AgResearch put such a huge effort into transgenic work, with so little return over 15 years, given the ongoing dire straits of the company?

Fonterra's milk production is close to hitting its seasonal peak.

Donald McKenzie Harcourt appeared for sentence in Greymouth District Court on animal welfare charges, dating back to 2012, relating to his Crooked River farm.

David Cunliffe said Mr Joyce needed to explain how the system had failed to pick-up on the issues at Taratahi.

Canadians, not Chinese, take top spot as the biggest investors in New Zealand over the past two years, according to analysis released by KPMG today.

It's the work that goes on behind the scenes that's impressive, the work being done on our behalf to put Granny Smith on the world stage, Barry Soper.

"We haven't seen enough, and this is not something we can sell at home, " said Mike Petersen, New Zealand's special trade envoy for agriculture.

Australia's dry spell and a strengthening El Nino are proving a boon for US hamburger lovers.

France's meat and dairy producers halted traffic and blocked tourist sites in several regions to protest low prices.

Weakness in the euro and yen, and the return of Chile to the market after crop-damaging frosts are set to challenge Zespri.

Dairying is one of a number of industries facing a possible labour shortage.

A $16.65m programme to develop new ways to process food could add $250m a year to NZ's export earnings.

After years of gains, the New Zealand dollar is finally in retreat.

Rural rollout will help put an end to the town and country divide, says Vodafone's Russell Stanners.

Whitianga dairy farmer Dirk Sieling sees a strong future in the dairy industry.