Wool prices at this week's auction fell, particularly for varieties sourced from the North Island.

They know mummy is missing and that police are looking for her, but Kim Richmond's three children are being shielded from the possibility she might never come home.

Almost 100 young people will get free restricted licences in Taumarunui, getting them off the street and into employment. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A controversial Greenpeace TV ad has been given the green light after the dairy industry attempted to shut it down.

It is an uncontroversial fact that the state of the country's freshwater resources has for decades been moving towards ecological collapse.

Dairy product prices fell at the Global Dairy Trade auction, sliding for a second consecutive auction.

COMMENT: Farming does not get the public attention is deserves.

All going well, the milk price could be revised up to $6.50/kg next year, economists say.

When an Invercargill teen was told she couldn't have a horse, she took matters into her own hands.

A Lord of the Rings actor who now works as a tour guide operator has slammed New Zealand's "clean, green" image.

Invercargill based Alliance Group says chefs and restaurants have offered favourable feedback on its new class of lamb.

From taxing ghost profits to the implosion of Pumpkin Patch, these are the biggest stories from the business year.

A fifth of share milkers who responded to a Federated Farmers survey said they were coming under pressure from their bank on their

Massey University chancellor Chris Kelly said a woman graduate is less of a vet because she has to take time out for marriage and family.

More than a third of Kiwi farmers have been a victim of theft in the last two years, a recent survey has revealed.

Fonterra has told shareholders that the indicative payout level this season will be $6.40 per kilogram of milk solids.

South Island police are investigating the incident that occurred at the Paringa Salmon Farm Café, South Westland.

Advances in whole milk powder prices at recent GlobalDairyTrade auctions is bolstering the outlook for New Zealand's largest export commodity.

From Monday milk tankers and other essential freight will be given access in and out of Kaikoura.

Whole milk powder futures for December last traded at US$3,480 a tonne, a 2.1 per cent premium to their previous GDT level.

Synlait has been named the winner of this year's Deloitte Top 200 Best Growth Strategy category.

Fonterra topped the Deloitte Top 200 again this year for profit -- increasing 65 per cent.

Statistics NZ data shows cleaners, rubbish collectors labourers pest controllers, hotel porters, and courier drivers have the highest rate of claims for injury at work.

The biggest opportunity for agriculture is to be seen as a globally trusted source of sustainably produced goods.

New Zealand's monthly trade deficit narrowed in October the global dairy market buoyed exports of dairy products.

A large, illegal meat production ring has been discovered in Auckland.

A2 Milk Co shares rose almost 5 per cent after the company updated shareholders at its annual meeting in Sydney.

The controversial deal which will see meat processor Silver Fern Farms sell a 50 per cent controlling stake to Shanghai Maling is set to be completed.

A farmer suffered leg and back injuries after falling out of a tree on his Hawke's Bay farm.

Fonterra Cooperative Group says milk collection has been restored in earthquake damaged Culverden, Waiau and Amuri areas.