Ice cream and chocolate milk made from 100% Jersey milk are on the cards for the boutique dairy company Lewis Road Creamery (LRC).

Like a small scale model of the challenges New Zealand agriculture faces being so far from its main markets, farmers on the Chatham Islands are far enough from the mainland to make shipping inputs in and livestock out a marginal exercise.

Meat processor, Alliance Group is investing another $1.4 million in improvements to its Dannevirke plant as it seeks greater efficiencies in processing.

Silver Fern Farms Cooperative has reported a net profit before tax of $2.4m for the 2018 financial year.

New Zealand’s meat sector is launching a charitable trust to benefit those affected by the mosque attacks in Christchurch.

The country's second-largest dairy processor, Open Country Dairy will showcase its newest factory to farmer suppliers on March 7.

Alliance Group has rewarded shareholders with a $3.2 million loyalty payment distribution.

Meat processor Alliance says its operating profit dropped 60% because of higher payment to farmer shareholders.

Heavy metal addicts of the farm machinery kind made a pilgrimage recently to Morrinsville for distributor and retailer Power Farming’s ‘Big Night Out’.

Alliance Group has warned that its annual result, due to be reported in November, will show a drop in profit.