Federated Farmers says fast, reliable broadband access is necessary if agri-business is to reach its productive potential. Simon Hendery reports.

Chinese dairy investors may be media shy, but they have been lobbying politicians and other key players at the highest levels.

The motives behind Chinese land investment.

Fonterra has announced it will review its payout forecast for the current 2010/11 year.

Prices have fallen 8.3 per cent overnight in the latest online dairy auction.

The Chinese bid for the Crafar dairy farms has everything but transparency, finds Karyn Scherer.

Yet again, taxpayers are giving the railways a helping hand - $750 million over three years. Good money after bad, or the start of the rail revival? Nick Smith reports.

New Zealand may find itself economic toast if it doesn't get a comprehensive China strategy together - and fast.

Fonterra says milk powder prices in its monthly internet auction fell around 13.7 per cent overnight.

Nearly 90pc of Fonterra's 10,500 farmer shareholders have voted to approve a new share trading plan.

Fonterra's farmer shareholders today voted in favour of the Trading Among Farmers proposal, approving plans to make its stock tradeable among themselves, freeing up capital for new investments.

Fonterra's farmers are voting today on whether to allow trading of shares in the co-op among themselves.

Fonterra chief executive Andrew Ferrier says tomorrow's vote on whether to start share-trading among farmers is the most important decision for its farmers since the co-op was created.

At the age of three Fonterra's supply chain boss was sucked into a fuel pump - now safety is top of his list.

The Business Herald's executive pay survey shows the number of chief executives being paid more than $1 million jumped from 26 to 32 between 2008 and 2009.