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.

Twenty-three Kaikoura farms have had no milk pick-ups since the Kaikoura quakes hit on November 14.

This baby formula company was a share market darling, riding the wave of a Chinese boom in demand. But the party's over.

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.

The Waverley A&P Show has been going for 86 years. People come from around the region to experience what is one of the last old style farming events around.

Fonterra has raised its forecast payout to farmers by 75c per kilogram of milksolids as production dwindles.

Bernadine Oliver-Kerby talks to Katie Milne from Federated Farmers about how the Kaikoura earthquake and subsequent aftershocks have affected livestock, milk production, the farmers and their families.

Federated Farmers is assembling a "virtual farmy army" to support North Canterbury farmers hammered by this week's earthquakes.

Here's how Australian pharmacist Danielle Di Pilla is making millions selling her goat soap around the world.

Fonterra Cooperative Group has lost its bid to overturn a High Court ruling against inferior terms offered to the suppliers of the failed New Zealand Dairies Ltd business in South Canterbury.

Some dairy farmers in the South Island might have to dispose of their milk due to road closures and other issues.

A mercy mission into rural quake-hit Marlborough has led to donations for farming communities and offers of help.

Mid Canterbury farmers are on standby to take dairy cows from quake-affected North Canterbury dairy farmers.

Thanks to Brexit and Donald Trump's successful presidential election "the whole world has got a lot more complicated", says special

Farmers are sharing cow sheds and generators as they try to carry out the daily business of running their farms.

Fonterra expects disruption to milk collection and farms that cannot be reached may have to dispose of their milk.