Fonterra says part of forecast final dividend will be moved up to ease low-price pain.

Staff at AgResearch Invermay are looking at other ways, beyond just fencing off waterways, to help improve water quality on its deer farm.

Fonterra's milk price signalling needs to "drastically'' improve for its farmers.

Duncan NZ invested in a second venison processing plant because it was confident about the future of NZ venison, marketing general manager Glenn Tyrrell says.

Warmer winds carry fresh challenges to the major industries of regional New Zealand.

Housing debt got all the attention yesterday, but dairy debt remains near the top list of Reserve Bank of the threats to the economy.

A China-New Zealand joint venture will see exchanges of information and expertise, writes James Penn.

Westpac aims to boost market share despite stressed proportion of agribusiness portfolio more than doubling.

Onside has launched an online health and safety app for farmers to make compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 easier.

WorkSafe New Zealand's Safer Farms programme is working with the rural sector to promote good health and safety practices.

Attend the South Island Dairy Event 2016 in Invercargill and invest in yourself and your business.

Dry stock farmers' salaries have grown strongly in the past year, according to Federated Farmers and Rabobank's 2015-16 employee remuneration report.

COMMENT: NZ's not going to run short of water any time soon because of a growing taste in China for the stuff.

Mystery has enveloped the ginseng industry-the biggest customer for a small Canadian county has disappeared.

New research has shed light on potential factors driving A2 Milk's stellar sales growth in the booming yet fickle Chinese infant formula trade.

NZX's milk price contract due for launch next month stands a good chance of success, despite the failure of most futures contracts.

Zespri has been made an "importer of record" in China - giving the kiwifruit marketer more control over its product in what is poised to become its biggest market by volume.

The Chinese dairy producer will soon be selling infant formula on NZ supermarket shelves.

The trend towards organic produce means the US is now importing animal feed from Romania.

Signals that New Zealand could secure a better deal on its Free Trade Agreement with China is a "beacon of hope" for our dairy industry, said the head of an export association.

The New Zealand dollar surged to a fresh 10-month high above US70c yesterday as dairy prices rose further than expected.

Dairy prices continued to firm at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, with the GDT price index gaining 3.8 per cent driven mostly by a big gain in whole milk powder prices.

Low milk prices continued to weigh on dairy farm prices in the first three months of the year, according to data from the Real Estate Institute of NZ.

The median price per hectare is down to $33,897 in the three months to March, according to REINZ figures.

Fonterra has continued to lose farmers to its competitors, based on latest production data.