September saw a 7.2 per cent decrease in milk production.

Palm kernel, an alternative food source, is being imported at a growing rate.

A Waikato woman arrested over a suspected fraud involving visa applications for Filipinos seeking work in the dairy industry has appeared in court.

Westland Milk Products is reviewing its capital structure after profit soared on cheaper milk prices and increased sales of its value-add products.

As the long weekend approaches, our thoughts turn to having a break away from work - but many of us will carry on with the job while we're away.

The New Zealand dollar jumped to a three-month high against the euro on speculation the European Central Bank may ease monetary conditions further.

Fonterra's long-term credit rating has been cut by Fitch Ratings.

Fonterra's milk production is close to hitting its seasonal peak.

Farm prices are falling, but spring and a slow turnaround in the dairy industry is boosting morale.

It was a big call for Chinese billionaire Jiang Zhaobai to seek a judicial review of the NZ Government's decision to veto a $88 million bid by one of his companies to buy Lochinver station.

Silver Fern Farms shareholders have voted strongly in favour of a 50/50 joint venture with China's Shanghai Maling Aquarius

US interests were the biggest foreign investors in New Zealand dairy land in 2013 and 2014, followed by China, according to a report by KPMG.

New Zealand consumer confidence rose for a second month after hitting a three-year low in August.

The Chinese company behind a bid to buy Lochinver Station is going to court to challenge the Government's decision to block the sale.

Fonterra chairman John Wilson has hit back at attempts by former directors to trim the size of the board.

A businessman, 60, is alleged to have acted alone in blackmail scare that said infant formula would be poisoned.

Fonterra has named six candidates for its board at next month's election and pressure has emerged to reduce the number of directors.

Dairy farming was initially rated as one of the highest-risk industries during health and safety reforms before the Labour Minister, Michael Woodhouse, intervened and changed the criteria, documents show.

Food researchers have been granted $10.9 million under a new Government scheme designed to encourage scientific brilliance and boost exports.

Trial runs for a new online platform designed to provide an electronic global marketplace for day-to-day trading of dairy products are set to take place over the next few months, according to its backers.

Silver Fern Farms chairman Rob Hewett said the board remained convinced that a joint venture proposal from Shanghai Maling Aquarius was the best choice.

State owned farmer Landcorp says it supports an alternative recapitalisation plan for the giant meat company.

Tim Groser has a sales job in front of him after the Trans-Pacific Partnership kept the doors open wide to foreign investment in Auckland's red hot housing market.

As dust settles on TPP negotiations, much attention will turn to analysing the full text of the agreement and understanding its costs and benefits, writes John Ballingall.

Most people will be more than aware that, like all public relations campaigns, this one will not reveal the full picture.