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Silver Fern Farms' profit rises 50 per cent

Silver Fern Farms Ltd has increased its net profit after-tax by more than 50 per cent.

Lake Onslow fieldwork under way, consents lodged

Paperwork and field observations are underway for pumped hydro storage project.

Synlait raises forecast milk price 35c to $9.60/kgMS

Significant increases in all global commodity prices the reason behind increase.

Traditional butchers calling on southern farmers to fill the chiller

Jim Biggs and Greg Egerton are all set to open a new butchery in Dunedin.

Natural health product exports stymied by MoH, industry claims

Health ministry rules architects under fire from $2.3b natural health products sector.

Rabobank NZ net profit up 72.5 per cent in 2021

Strong commodity prices helped bank clients pay down debt.

Tuaropaki buys Vinoptima Estate, wine 'lake' not included

Gisborne area boutique winery founded by prominent vintner Nick Nobilo has been sold.

Supply chain crisis: Soaring costs hammer companies, some may go bust

Plumbers will definitely run out of some products, market warned.

$2 million a hectare: Gold kiwifruit orchards set new price record

But caution advised as economic headwinds threaten.

Eastown Timber 'digging in and getting on with it'

Most staff have now returned to work.

Jamie Mackay: Winston Peters - if the MAGA cap fits, wear it

Is it fair to label Winston Peters Trump-like?

China's Covid clampdowns likely to be felt in NZ supply chain

Much of NZ cargo trans-ships through Chinese ports.

$1 billion D-Day: Fonterra has plenty to chew on for shareholders

Businesses have improved and global influences a moving feast.

Fonterra to exit Russian businesses

Decision comes nearly a month after Ukraine invasion.

Business digest: Meet the 2022 Ballance farm environment awards entrants for Bay of Plenty

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Bruce Cotterill: 2600km, but how far have we come?

A journey through NZ shows just how much we owe to the people who built this country.

'We're sorry': The organic dairy company that caused a right stink after illegally dumping wastewater

Waiū Dairy CEO: We're sorry, our actions don't represent the values of kaitiakitanga.

Gisborne farm leader rallies against carbon sink fears

"If the farm goes, so does the school" - Toby Williams, Federated Farmers.