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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.
Receivers preparing to oust Crafar
Allan Crafar remains on family land, 11 days after receivers set a deadline for him to leave.
NZ lead in agriculture threatened, says report
New Zealand's $26 billion agriculture sector will soon feel the squeeze from lower-cost foreign competition.
Seven days over deadline: Crafar stays put
Allan Crafar remains on his family farm in the Waikato, a week after the deadline expired for him to vacate the land.
<i>Audrey Young:</i> The New Zealand "boogey man"
Audrey Young speaks to an American dairy farmer and finds that a little understanding could go a long way.
Chinese eye southern dairy farms
Chinese-backed interests are reported to also be looking at up to 100 dairy farms in Otago and Southland, plus a factory.
Crafar says life 'hell' since receivers took over property
Former dairy farmer Allan Crafar says he has been living in 'hell' since receivers took over his family company.
<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: Fear-mongering doesn't compute
Fran O'Sullivan notes a contradiction emerging in the utterings of Fonterra on the one hand, and Federated Farmers on the other.