PGG Wrightson (PGW) ended a bumpy year with record profit, a “transformational” sale of its grain and seed business and many changes of board and management.

Farmer confidence has plummeted in the last quarter, with Government policy cited as the chief reason, says Rabobank.

NZ sheepmeat and beef exports are forecast to break the $4billion mark for the first time, thanks to Chinese consumers.

The dairy farmer organiser of a Northland protest at the Government’s “attack on rural communities” hopes such events go nationwide and across the agri sector.

Horticulture is again the star in primary exports revenue growth, says MPI’s Situation and Outlook September update.

The latest survey of farmer confidence from Federated Farmers does not make pretty reading, says BNZ senior economic Doug Steel. But it's not all doom and gloom.

State farmer Landcorp (Pāmu) returned a net loss of $11 million in the year to June 30, 2019.

Lamb prices have cracked the $8/kg mark for the second successive year and things could get even better.

After forty years working as an AI technician for Livestock Improvement Co, Alex Macmillan (81) now farms beef cattle at Pipiwai, Northland.

A capital crunch is starting to impact farmers as the banks get more cagey about lending to dairy and the sheep and beef sectors, writes Hayden Dillon, head of agribusiness and a managing partner at Findex.