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Fonterra's spin makes me want to throw up

COMMENT: Fonterra's waterways plan requires a bucket, writes Rachel Stewart.

Affected farmer criticises handling of cattle disease

Culling of 5000 cattle on the infected farms in South Island has begun.

Fonterra's water quality charm offensive

Fonterra has launched a charm offensive show how it has upped its game.

Interview: Bharat Jivan on urban development's effect on fields

Jivan Produce managing director and local grower Bharat Jivan talksabout urban development absorbing the growing fields around Pukekohe. / Jason Oxenham

How now brown cow? Cattle that captivated world

How are the three cows that became the 'faces' of the Kaikoura earthquake?

Business leaders, exporters and farmers upbeat about TPP deal

"This is a great outcome for not just the primary sector but all New Zealanders."

Animal welfare protest targets dairy industry

Animal rights group SAFE said many didn't know calves were taken away within 24 hours

Chicken without the chicken flying off the shelves

Chicken Free Chicken seeking investors.

Sister loses family spat over farming millions

Sister loses family spat over farming millions.

Exempt streams carry biggest pollution load

New study shows most pollution found in small streams not required to be fenced off.

Naked anti-wool push mystifies NZ farmers

Federated Farmers frustrated by actors who'd "rather go naked than wear wool".

Estate lawyers press judge for 'security costs'

Lawyers for those involved in an estate wrangle have made clear their bid for costs.

Farmer confidence in economy slumps

Farmers' confidence in the year ahead has taken a nosedive.

Fine and ban for failing to treat cow's eye injury

Waharoa man Billy Tui has been fined and banned from owning animals for five years.

GlobalDairyTrade looks to beef up offering

GlobalDairyTrade beefs up offering with multi-seller pools of US lactose products.

Rich lister in estate sale court action

William Burgess has taken the executors of his mother's estate to court.

Fonterra on the lookout for distressed assets

Fonterra may go shopping for new assets.

Cattle disease tests now reach 20,000

MPI has completed more than 20,000 tests for the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.