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Middle Eastern scouts eye Crafar farms
An Australian is in town scouting out assets for Bahrani interests - which may include the Crafar farms
The rise and fall, and rise and fall of Norgate
The qualities that helped Craig Norgate reshape New Zealand's rural landscape have contributed to his undoing.
Probe launched into Chinese Crafar farm buy
The woman behind Natural Dairy's $1.5b purchase offer for Crafar farms, currently under investigation, has struck out over media coverage of the bid.
Fonterra boss warns farmers of 'volatile world'
Sir Henry van der Heyden has urged dairy farmers to shore up their businesses against possible future volatility.
Corn smut - great tasting and good for you too
A corn infection that US farmers have spent millions trying to eradicate, is in fact packed with unique proteins, minerals and other nutritional goodies, tests have found.
Farmers' economic confidence improves
Farmers' economic confidence improved in the first months of 2010, boosted by sheep and beef prices.
Chinese dairy farm bidder in court
May Wang, the public face of the Chinese-led bid to buy the Crafar dairy empire, appeared in court this morning.
Govt rejects calls to copy Australia in ETS delay
The Australian govt is shelving plans to start its ETS for at least three years, but the NZ Government says it has no plans to delay the scheme here.
Crafar Facebook campaign gathers steam
Almost 200 people have thrown their weight behind a Facebook group in support of embattled farmer Allan Crafar.
Crafar properties could go for $200m
The sale of 16 Crafar dairy farms could be enough to cover all of the family's bank debt.
Crafar says overseas buyers may bail him out
The former head of NZ's biggest private dairy operation is talking to foreign interests in an attempt to trade his way out of debt.
'Total rubbish' - Crafar rejects receivers' claims
Receivers say the Crafar farms were "in dire straits" when they stepped in last year.