Welcome to a new year. 2016 was a turbulent year to say the least.

Confidence levels among New Zealand’s farmers remain high but have tempered slightly, the latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey has found.

Another year has almost passed us by – again – and it is time for the annual review of 2016 in the primary sector as seen by the Rural News editorial team.

Confidence levels among New Zealand’s farmers remain high but have tempered slightly, the latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey has found.

Another year has almost passed us by – again – and it is time for the annual review of 2016 in the primary sector as seen by the Rural News editorial team.

New Zealand's primary exports will be down slightly next year, but will quickly pick up in 2018.

Alliance Group has experienced a year of challenging markets, but the business strategy is beginning to achieve results, chairman Murrat Taggart told its annual meeting yesterday.

Producing specialist beef is like developing a fine wine, says Pedro Merola, founder of Brazilian specialist beef company Feed.

In an ironic twist to the long-running Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling merger saga, the deal will now be done earlier than planned.

Dairy products led a rise in total exports in October, but meat and offal exports were down from the same month last year, Statistics New Zealand says.