Fonterra fears its profits and market share will both take a hit if it doesn't forge ahead with planned changes to its business.

Fonterra shareholders will be able to invest in shares up two times their annual production rate, almost double that of current rates.

Fonterra has revealed details of its plan for dairy farmers to trade shares amongst themselves.

Prime Minister John Key will today front the first full meeting of a global environmental alliance.

The drought hitting Northland farmers could not get much more serious, Federated Farmers says.

The Govt should think carefully when drawing up its new rules for the treatment of pigs, writes Catriona MacLennan.

Failed business dealings and pending court charges may not preclude a foreign purchase of NZ dairy farms.

A listed Chinese business behind a bid to buy a privately owned dairy farm business could end up mostly owned by New Zealanders.

A Waikato farmer says he is suspicious and distrustful of a reported foreign takeover of the debt-ridden Crafar farms.

The Chinese-owned company wanting to buy the balance of the Crafar farms would be the first vertically integrated dairy business in NZ.

Kiwis concerned about NZ farms being sold to foreign investors have no one to blame but themselves, writes Bernard Hickey.