Foreign claims on the economy exceed New Zealand investment abroad by $152 billion.

It's the statistic that Kiwis love to hate - how many sheep there are in NZ. Once a record 70.3m, you might be surprised how low it is now.

Rock star to rock bottom? That's not where the New Zealand economy is heading, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

In the second of the Sea Change series science reporter Jamie Morton looks at the health of the gulf’s fish populations.

Could teamwork deliver a plan to save the Hauraki Gulf for future generations? Science reporter Jamie Morton considers the issue.

There is one salient comment in the report by Queens Counsel Miriam Dean into the WPC80 incident that ought to give Fonterra's directors and shareholders cause for concern: "A company that is....

The rest of the world has woken up to the growth in demand for food, particularly for proteins, that will occur over the next 30 years.

It's not all about dairy. We saw another poor result from the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, with the headline index down 3.1 per cent and the important whole milk powder price down 5.1 per cent to US$2400 ($3072) a tonne.

The free trade deal announced with South Korea is extremely good news for a number of our export industries, writes Liam Dann.

New Zealand primary producers need to be prepared to do things differently in a rapidly changing world if they are to retain their place in global food markets, says KPMG.

Prime Minister John Key says his office will write again to Oravida asking it to stop using his photo in its promotional material.

'Horrific" rates of nearly $50k a year on land still being grazed by livestock prompted the $37.9m sale of one of Auckland's largest land lots.

Twenty years ago, the prospect of irradiated fruit and vegetables from Australia going on sale here would have attracted strong opposition.

A Marlborough farmer wants Fonterra to stop investment spending and cut staff salaries until milk prices improve.

Tightening conditions on global commodity markets have come as no surprise to small to medium-sized agribusiness enterprises, according to an MYOB survey.

Agri-tech company Tru-Test Corporation has completed a $10 million share buyback while the stake of major shareholder KTT has been boosted from 21.7 per cent to 39.6 per cent.

Farmers from southern provinces are moving to Northland to take advantage of the comparatively cheap dairy farms on offer there, according to real estate agency Bayleys.

Federated Farmers is questioning the need for a National Party proposal for a compulsory ban on dairy cattle from all waterways.

Why are dairy prices falling? Well, if you read industry commentary from places like the United States and Europe they know who's to blame. It's us.

A popular farming publication wants farmers to lock out fishers and hunters over what it calls an anti-dairying attitude by their governing body.

The key to groper fishing is to hit the spot at slack tide so the boat doesn't drift off it.