Three directors have stepped down from the board of Blue Sky Meats due to an age-related clause in the constitution.

Farmers in the Netherlands have little appetite for state support, despite low prices.

Lincoln University has repaid $1.5m after it was found it did not teach for as many hours as it was funded for.

International dairy prices improved slightly at this morning's Global Dairy Trade auction, gaining by 1.4 per cent since the last sale early this month.

It used to be the thing of the old Western movies where the rancher combating rustlers stealing his stock. But similar scenarios are

PGG Wrightson expects operating earnings to decline this year, snapping three years of growth.

Police are investigating the discovery of a hidden camera at a Waikato dairy farm.

Bad weather takes its toll on New Zealand milk production at a time when it should be hitting a seasonal peak.

For Labour, it is critical that we have an integrated across government plan to reduce emissions.

Teen flown to hospital after quadbike hits a sheep.

Quick-thinking dairy farmer uses milk to put out a shed fire.

The decline is the first in five auctions.

Feral sheep are under threat but Wimbledon farmer Brian Hales is showcasing what these exotic breeds have to offer. Made with funding from NZ on Air

A 50-year-old man who died after the quad bike he was riding crashed on a farm near Ashburton has been named.

Ties between New Zealand and Sri Lanka have been cemented this morning as Ranil Wickremesinghe visits Auckland.

The Kiwi cat that thinks it is a sheep has gone global.

Greenpeace has erected anti-Ruataniwha dam billboards around Hawke's Bay this week in a bid to "send the message that these elections

Tatua Co-op dairy payout drops to $6.30 a kg, but is still well ahead of its larger competitors like Fonterra.

A Balclutha man who stabbed a sheep to death told the farmer he did it because he was hungry.

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Farmer confidence is improving, led by optimism returning to the dairy sector after two years of depressed prices.

Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling have a few more nervous days to wait before they learn whether their joint venture proposal can go ahead.

Jane Smith and Nadine Porter continue the water debate on The Country.

Enjoy that steak while you can.

The farmers ended up supplying Fonterra after it bought a failed Canterbury dairy business out of receivership.

Watch: A primary school north of Auckland has seen its roll surge in recent weeks with the opening of an unusual daycare.

Five-hundred cows stolen from a mid-Canterbury dairy farm were probably rustled over a period of months, police believe.

Report predicts agricultural robotics industry will grow by $7 billion in just six years

Watch NZH Focus: Tristram Clayton talks with Herald Business Reporter Jamie Gray on the upward trend of world dairy prices.