International dairy prices fell for the fourth time in a row at this morning's GlobalDairyTrade auction.

ANZ New Zealand boss David Hisco says the country's biggest bank is working closely with rural customers as falling dairy prices begin to bite, but farmers are better placed to deal with the....

New Zealand commodity prices had their biggest decline since the height of the global financial crisis in 2008, led by falling dairy product prices.

A New Zealand farming couple have smashed a 25 year-old world record for the world's largest crop of barley. Their supporters say the achievement could help solve world hunger.

A man has been banned from owning livestock for 20 years after failing to provide six calves with sufficient food.

Drought conditions are biting into California's dairy production, which could end up being supportive for international dairy prices, say analysts.

Calfsmart is the brainchild of Ben Neal, a 35-year-old mechanical engineer who grew up on a dairy farm in Dannevirke.

The reduced dairy payout and the high Kiwi dollar are being carefully assessed by potential farm buyers, says the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand.

International dairy prices fell for the third time in a row at this morning’s GlobalDairyTrade auction.

Parts of the South Island have experienced sporadic bursts of rain in recent weeks but Marlborough and Canterbury are still waiting for the big drought breaker.

The rural property market has remained remarkably resilient in the face of lower farm-gate prices and dry summer conditions, with prices - by some measures - returning to pre-global financial crisis....

It takes a gallon (3.785 litres) of water to produce an almond, and almond growers use about 10 per cent of California's water supply every year.

Sanford, New Zealand's largest listed fishing group, is in consultations with 232 staff who look likely to lose their jobs at the company.

Dita De Boni wonders how long it will be before chemicals giant Monsanto moves to openly sue nations that try and limit or ban the use of Roundup weedkiller.

The family of a toddler who almost drowned after falling into an effluent trap have thanked the public for all their "love and support".

A major disruptive play will be launched in the Chinese baby formula market in Beijing today which could ultimately have a big impact - some say seismic - on the price paid for imported product by....

An ongoing dispute with a North Otago farmer who says he is at his wit's end has landed the Otago Regional Council in the poo - literally.

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The dairy industry can weather the prospect of increased production from the EU once quotas are lifted on April 1, says the chief executive of the farmer-funded DairyNZ.

Economists expect Fonterra to stick with its $4.70 per kg farm gate milk price forecast for 2014/15 when it reports its first-half result tomorrow.

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Farmers will be looking to Fonterra's dividend to at least partially offset what is likely to be a low farmgate milk price this season after dairy prices fell by 8.8 per cent.

Just when you thought it was safe to venture into the dairy market, prices drop by 8.8 per cent.