Farm sales dropped slightly, according to data released today by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand.

African swine fever’s huge impact on China’s pork production this year will be a huge opportunity for New Zealand’s meat industry.

Brexit is a messy situation and how it will end is not clear, says Rabobank’s global strategist for animal protein Justin Sherrard.

Reports from many regions say the green grass seen on farms in January has now turned brown.

Setting up for next year’s production was the theme of a Beef + Lamb NZ field day held last week at Massey University’s Tuapaka farm just outside Palmerston North.

While the hills in Central Hawkes Bay remain green, which is remarkable for this time of the year, Porangahau farmer Sam Clark and his wife Gudrun are on the lookout for drought.

Beef + Lamb NZ expects the total numbers of beef and dairy cattle and sheep to be static for the next five to six years and into the future.

China's market share of NZ’s primary exports is material and raises the issue of concentration risk, says BNZ rural economist Doug Steel.

Normally, at this time of the year, Central Hawkes Bay is bone dry. But this season is the exception, as Peter Burke found out.

Summer has seen a good start to farm sales, according to the latest data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ)