The value of primary exports will fall from unusually high levels over the 2014/15 year before recovering steadily in the following three years.

The search for more Queensland fruit flies will be wrapped up by Easter Sunday providing no more of the pests are found in Whangarei.

Turners & Growers, has agreed to buy Hawke's Bay-based Apollo Apples for as much as $44.1 million as it looks to meet growing global demand.

No further Queensland fruit flies have been found since the potentially devastating pest was detected in Whangarei this week.

The discovery of a second Queensland fruit fly in Whangarei has been slammed as "unbelievable" as concerns are raised about New Zealand's biosecurity preparedness.

A new antibiotic to control the kiwifruit vine disease, Psa has been approved by the Environmental Protection Authority.

New Zealand has halted all apple exports to China for the rest of the season after rot was found in several batches at the Chinese border.

Farm sales are going well compared to last year, despite many farmers hunkering down for the winter season.

Fruit and vegetable prices have spearheaded a 2.1 per cent rise in food prices for June 2013, the biggest monthly gain since GST was lifted to 15 percent in October 2010.

A China importer says Zespri stood to gain more than it did by understating the value of kiwifruit for customs duty purposes.

A climate expert believes summers like this one will become the new norm for New Zealand. Droughts have already been declared across much of the North Island.

A shortage of water across the Wellington region means there is now a ban on garden sprinklers and irrigation systems.

The drought is working its way down the country, and with with no change predicted until at least mid-March, farmers from Northland to Southland are suffering.

Big dry forces stock selloffs, but Aucklanders can still water gardens, wash cars thanks to Waikato River supplies