International investors from Europe, the United States and Australia are likely to consider buying more New Zealand dairy farms, says an expert.

Watch the exclusive video of Canterbury dairy farmer Harry Meijer who's come up with an innovative way to get to work each morning.

As Fonterra's NZX-listed units languish near an all-time low, analysts say the market will remain cool on the dairy giant.

Fonterra Co-operative Group has put on hold plans to develop an Equity Partnership Trust that would have given its 10,500 farmer suppliers access to investor capital to help them with the compulsory....

Concentrating on marketing its cuts rather than processing them is paying dividends for a niche meat exporter.

Germany is the largest export market for New Zealand onions, followed by Indonesia and Japan.

Pressure is building on Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings as the dairy industry faces up to a winter of discontent, writes Liam Dann.

Jamie Gray writes: For Fonterra's farmers, investors and employees the severity of the dairy downturn will become clear early next month.

Silver Fern Farms, NZ's biggest meat processor says it is considering raising $100m in fresh capital.

Chief Theo Spierings admits news unsettling for staff as co-op tries to reduce its payroll bill by up to $60m a year.

Liam Dann says axing 523 jobs may make financial sense to Fonterra's chiefs but the dairy slump is bigger than that.

Fonterra's board will consider its current farm gate milk price forecast for 2015/6 at its next meeting on August 7, a spokesman for the co-operative said.

Dairy prices have plunged in the latest world dairy auction, taking the Kiwi dollar down with it.

The prices eased in the first sale of the new 2015/16 season as demand weakened.

"It's pretty negative, there's a lot of selling in the futures and there's not much buying - this market looks completely stuffed."

Silver Fern Farms says the group agitating for change at New Zealand's biggest meat processor has misled shareholders.

There's so much milk flowing out of US cows these days that some is ending up in dirt pits because dairies can't find buyers.

The price for NZ's key dairy export, whole milk powder, is set to decline further at tonight's GlobalDairyTrade auction.

Prime Minister John Key says overseas markets are causing high prices for milk at home.

New Zealand farmer confidence slumped to the lowest level in a decade in the second quarter as dairy farmers turned gloomy.

Stephen Dickson carries ferrets down the front of his jersey when he is out rabbiting in Wanaka. He uses ferrets as an alternative to shooting and poisoning rabbits in rural areas. Source: Otago Daily Times/Youtube

Lincoln University in Canterbury is known for its stubby-wearing students and land-based prospectus. For the first time in the university's history, females outnumber males.

A device that sends text messages to a farmer when a cow is about to give birth is now available in New Zealand.

The best Kiwi farmers would have struggled with the conditions that led to a very high death rate among lambs from pregnant ewes sent to a farm in Saudi Arabia, a company involved in the operation says.

Dairy prices eased at the latest GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction but the sale gave away little on where the market, and interest rates, will go in the months ahead.

Lambs born after the airfreighting of 900 pregnant ewes to a businessman’s Saudi farm suffered an extremely high death rate, it has been claimed.

Silver Fern shareholders are seeking to force a special meeting to discuss the benefits of a merger with Alliance Group.