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Fonterra and Nestlé's sale of DPA Brazil faces challenge

The two dairy giants agreed to sell DPA for $210 million.

Concerns Russian attacks could spark food price mayhem

“Some people can’t just sit down and watch it online or from a distance. They’re heroes."

Nation of Debt: $63b down, farmers struggling to break even

Farm debt has come down but rising costs and a falling milk price are piling pressure on.

Desert oasis: How to grow three tonnes of lettuce a day where it’s as dry as dust

World's biggest vertical farm serving up fresh produce for Emirates passengers.

Buried lead cables less risky than DIY, health expert says

Kiwis making bullets, sinkers, doing up old homes face lead poison risks.

Why cheese and milk prices remain high and will take time to drop

Persistently high cheese prices are helping to keep NZ inflation high.

'Who will inherit?': How to keep Kiwi farms in the family

Ageing Kiwi farmers risk losing their farms because they don't have a succession plan.

'Tasted amazing': NZ's best bacon and ham revealed

Wild Game in Hastings won both the supreme bacon award and the best ham award.

Jenée Tibshraeny: Govt caught between climate policy and cost of living crisis

Govt struggling to burn Climate Change Commission advice in its “policy bonfire".

Prices drop in latest GDT event

All prices were negative with butter and butter milk powder taking the biggest tumble.

Singapore fling: Comvita likes what it sees in honey acquisition

Honey exporter Comvita has pushed further into Asia with its deal to buy HoneyWorld.

Nearly 400,000 chickens reared in 7 weeks at huge Helensville farm

The farm is also the same one where 180,000 chickens died in 2019 after a power outage.

Roller coaster ride continues for kiwifruit growers

Glimmer of hope for green kiwifruit growers but hectare returns forecast goes south.

PGG Wrightson chair sidelined amid Singapore securities charges

Lee Joo Hai was arrested and charged in March.

Market close: Comvita shares jump on China supply agreement

But an otherwise aimless sharemarket traded flat.

Comvita signs partnership deal with one of China's largest supermarket chains

Olé has more than 100 supermarkets across mainland China.

Opinion: Time to end the ag-sector procrastination

OPINION: Sustainability consultant calls on farmers to engage with climate mitigation.

Billion-dollar blowout for Three Waters ‘mega-bureaucracy’

Taxpayers, and potentially ratepayers, will foot $1 billion cost overrun for water reform.