New Zealand lamb wool prices jumped to their highest level in almost four years this week.

Kiwis are used to making a living off a sheep's back.

A new incarnation of Shrek the Sheep goes on public display today. The male merino gained global fame after evading capture for six years and acquiring a phenomenal 27kg fleece.

Online retailer ASOS has joined a host of upmarket shops in banning angora products over a viral video exposing the cruelty that rabbits suffer.

A New Zealand-developed process for dying wool hailed as a world first in the textile industry has been snapped up by a US active wear manufacturer.

Summit Wool Spinners' Oamaru plant - the second biggest employer in the town - is to close with the loss of 192 jobs

The risk of the kiwi dollar remaining high is the biggest risk to Government forecasts for growth in the nation's farm, forestry and seafood exports, a new Government report says.

The ANZ Commodity Price Index fell 4.2 per cent to a 21 month low in May.

A hanging meadow planted in wool may be adapted to create more affordable "green walls" for the rebuilding of Christchurch.

The dairy industry has been a star performer for decades, but the time has come for others in the New Zealand family of commodities to share the limelight...