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![Natural Dairy bid 'still best offer', say receivers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Natural Dairy bid 'still best offer', say receivers
Despite the SFO now probing Natural Dairy, Crafar farm receivers say the Chinese-backed bid is still the best offer on the table.
![Crafar bidder: 'Nothing to hide' from the SFO](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Crafar bidder: 'Nothing to hide' from the SFO
Natural Dairy says it has "nothing to hide" after the Serious Fraud Office announced it was looking into the company's land transactions.
![Near-decade of drought over in NSW](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Near-decade of drought over in NSW
The drought that has crippled New South Wales for nearly a decade is over.
![SFO probe blocks sale of Crafar farms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
SFO probe blocks sale of Crafar farms
Natural Dairy's plans to buy 20 Crafar farms soured yesterday as the Serious Fraud Office said it was investigating the Hong Kong-listed firm.
![SFO probes Crafar bid company transactions](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
SFO probes Crafar bid company transactions
The Serious Fraud Office is investigating the company seeking to buy more than $200m worth of dairy farms from the receivers of the Crafar companies.
![Fonterra in $42m Chinese farm deal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fonterra in $42m Chinese farm deal
Dairy giant Fonterra has released details of a $42m investment in a new Chinese dairy farm it says will soon house 3000 cows.
![Foreign ownership vital - economist](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Foreign ownership vital - economist
A dramatic change in approvals of foreign ownership of farms could impact the wider overseas investment on which the country is dependent, says one economist.
![Celebrity interest in farm](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Celebrity interest in farm
A rugged piece of North Island farmland is said to be the battleground between two international rock stars with deep pockets.
![Two firefighters hurt in huge Taranaki blaze](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Two firefighters hurt in huge Taranaki blaze
Two firefighters have been injured - one of them seriously - battling a large fire at a poultry farm near New Plymouth.