Landcorp said it expects its profit loss to widen for the full year, reflecting a decline in milk prices.

Founded in 2000 by a Kiwi scientist and a multimillionaire farm owner, a2 Milk's market value has more than tripled to NZ$1.2 billion over the past year.

Avocado prices have spiked to over $3 each after a "moderate" growing season and surging demand.

After some tough times, apple growers have enjoyed three record years in a row and are well on the way to their $1b target.

Dairy farmers are bracing themselves for still more falls in product prices at tomorrow's Global Dairy Trade auction.

Banks say more heavily indebted New Zealand dairy farmers will be asked to sell up as non-performing loans increase.

Rain since the New Year has reduced the drought risk associated with the current El Nino weather pattern, ANZ Bank said.

Greenheart Group has signed a conditional deal to buy Northland Forest Managers (1995) for $1.5 million.

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.

Consumers who bought bags of frozen berries linked to a health scare will be able to get a refund from major supermarkets.

What you should do if you have recently eaten Fruzio Mixed Berries.

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.

If AgResearch were to disappear from the face of the earth, there would hardly be a ripple in New Zealand agriculture, writes Dick Wilkins. This is a tragedy, and the only solution is to disband AgResearch as we know it.

Planned lay-offs at AgResearch has left its scientists "reeling", says a professor close to many of the 83 staff poised to lose their jobs.

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.