Ngai Tahu Farms Ltd chief executive Andrew Priest says all farmers should be embracing and adopting the sustainability measures his organisation is committed to.

The deer industry hopes its good prices will stem the decline of the national deer herd and even cause a slight increase, Deer Industry NZ chief executive Dan Coup says.

Facing criticism on the deal for dairy in particular, Trade Minister Todd McClay said TPP is a free trade agreement in that it frees up trade.

The banking system is robust to a severe dairy stress test.

Fonterra's decision to extend the time it will take to pay some suppliers has come under fire.

The GlobalDairyTrade price index was down 2.9% overnight, despite expectations of a small rise.

Dirty tricks played on the farming sector by an animal rights lobby could cost the group its charitable status.

Fonterra doesn't believe it will take much to change the global dairy market, but it expects very little change this year.

New Zealand's sheep milk industry is set to benefit from new research by AgResearch.

Deer milking, manuka honey, sheep milking and blueberries are among Landcorp's options for land it had planned to convert to dairy farms.