Monique Steele

A renewed love of lamb is also helping the sector remain buoyant.

Small goods meat business Verkerks is selling its Mid-Canterbury abattoir to a large Japanese meat company for $15 million.

New Zealand honey company Comvita is looking at cutting jobs and slashing production amid lower sales and weak demand from Chinese consumers.

A new study has found research into the benefits of the common grazing herb on nitrogen leaching did not stand up to scrutiny in a NZ context.

Dairy giant Fonterra is proposing cutting jobs at its Waikato headquarters as it outsources labour to overseas.

Wildly popular butchery classes are being used as a culinary way to combat rampant feral deer in Hawke's Bay.

Politics, new equipment and the tractor pull contest have taken centre stage on the opening day of the New Zealand Fieldays.

New Zealand's food and fibre sectors are being told "massive" opportunities lie ahead for the sectors, as long farmers are there for the journey, a new report has found.

Deer farmers have raised concerns over the country's animal tracing software with some facing charges for not registering their animals when they have actually done so.

Tai Rāwhiti sheep farmer Toby Williams says he has no regrets.

The fishing and aquaculture company's half-year net profit is up 46 percent, driven by continuing strong performance from its salmon business.

The EU passed deforestation regulations last year asking those sending product to prove that their supply chains are free of deforestation.

Kiwifruit growers are relieved they can keep using an agri-chemical that has been under scrutiny recently.

Daisy Lab has been given the go-ahead to scale up production 500-fold.

North Canterbury's Steven Brown is calling for a new approach to a hive-destroying disease. Audio

Bird flu, the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus, was top of the agenda at the International Poultry Council's annual meeting in Argentina last week.

A prominent Bay of Plenty farming family is giving up 100 hectares of farmland that has served them for 60 years.

The trial involves dropping the log book for drivers to record their hours in favour of a fatigue-testing app, and changing break requirements.

The 40 megawatt-peak farm is expected to generate electricity for about 7800 homes.

Sheep and beef farmer Greg Anderson says it is a "terrible time" for Alliance to ask, given struggles in the industry.

The red meat cooperative was profitable for nine out of the last 10 years - but last year, it reported a $70 million loss after tax.

Conservationists are butting heads about the best way to control Fiordland's wapiti elk populations, now the subject of a legal stoush.

Velvetleaf can grow up to 2.5 metres tall, it has large, heart-shaped leaves with pointy tips and velvety hairs, and small, buttery yellow flowers.

A lack of rain on the North Island's East Coast may be good for the area's fruit and vegetable growers - but the dry is starting to bite for pastoral farmers.

It comes as new data shows a dramatic increase of dolphin captures and other fish and seabirds by the commercial fishing industry. Audio