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Ingredients and food service drive Fonterra profit growth
Fonterra’s ingredients and food service business made $1.3 billion in underlying profit, up from about $1 billion last year.
The Farmlands field officer who’s a Rural Rugby Legends referee
Kaitlin Bates, a Farmlands technical field officer who came through the Rural Rugby Legends programme, debuted two weekends ago.
How Labour plans to fix sharemilking law for contract milkers
Labour will review and fix the Sharemilking Agreements Act if it forms the next government.
Extended episode: Breaking down Fonterra’s FY26
Join hosts Andy and Sarah alongside Senior Journalist Anne Lee as they break down Fonterra's full results, as they happened.
One more cold snap, then a quieter spell of uncertain length
Tony Trewinnard of Blue Skies Weather says one more cold snap gives way to a quieter, drier spell.
Primary sector missing from major party policies
Southland farmer Blair Drysdale says none of the major parties have policy that will lift the sector, other than ACT, while Labour and National stick to the status quo.
Diesel breaks through $3 a litre as global oil supply tightens
Fern Energy Chief Executive Chris Gourley says conflict in the Middle East and Ukraine is tightening global oil supply.
New alliance unites honey sector
The honey industry has voted a new representative body into place after a quarter-century of fractured industry structures.
Rural governance needs longer-term generational thinking
Author Brodie Davis compared a historical case study involving his ancestor with modern examples including his family farm’s 100-year plan.
Hunting app’s new tool predicts exact animal locations in a block
Kiwi Founder and CEO Oscar Goodman says the biggest factor in a hunter's success is where they look.