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LIC aims for $1 billion revenue

Livestock Improvement Corp will set off on a "roadshow" in June to sound out its farmer-shareholders about the possibility of raising capital to drive growth.

Economics of cow barns clear as mud

The jury is still out on the feasibility of cow barns for New Zealand farming, according to a DairyNZ study.

Catherine Beard: NZ can't afford to miss out on Trans-Pacific Partnership

Catherine Beard writes: Those questioning the value of free trade agreements could do well to examine the results achieved by New Zealand's other agreements.

Drought adds urgency to irrigation plans

Drought throughout much of the South Island and dry conditions in parts of the North look set to add urgency to water storage and irrigation schemes.

Otago farmers hit hard by drought

Lindsay Carruthers doesn't use a rain gauge when it comes to measuring rainfall on his Middlemarch farm.

China's rulers in survival mode

Economic reform in China, one of New Zealand's largest trading partners accounting for 22 per cent of exports, is a lower priority than trying to save the Communist Party, according to Wall Street....

Genetics firm's profit up

Livestock Improvement Corp, a farmer co-operative that sells bull semen and provides a dairy genetics database, posted a 10 per cent gain in first-half profit on increased demand for its products and....

Drought declared in South Island

Stephen Jacobi: Clock ticks on trade talks as detractors grow

Stephen Jacobi writes: If the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is not finished soon, we may need to move on to something else.

European co-op to to sell on GDT's platform

Prices rise at dairy auction

Prices continued to improve at this morning’s GlobalDairyTrade auction, the GDT price index gaining 1 per cent since the last sale a fortnight ago.

2015 looks another corker

New Zealand wine drinkers are now enjoying the results of two good vintage years and the outlook for the sector is positive.

Agritech exports can grow bigger

New Zealand's agritechnology exports, worth $1.2 billion annually, look to be on a roll despite historically underperforming compared with key competitors.

Good times roll on for meat exporters

Fran O'Sullivan: White Gold Rush hits sticky patch

This will be the year in which New Zealand dairy farmers, companies, investors and their bankers will find themselves consumed by a crucial question - is the White Gold Rush finally over or will....

Confidence draining in key dairy regions

Falling milk powder prices have hit consumers' economic confidence in the key dairy regions of Southland and the Waikato, says Westpac.