Worried parents are flooding an infant formula company's hotline, amid revelations almost 68,000 cans of formula could be tainted with a botulism-causing bacterium.

Business leaders are calling for Minister Steven Joyce to review a decision by Agresearch to cut 85 jobs.

Fonterra has lifted its forecast milk payout to farmers by 50 cents in the 2014 season.

China's so-called "economic miracle" has hit some speed wobbles, but a top NZ economist says this country should be insulated from any direct impact.

Behind-the-scenes moves are under way to restructure the New Zealand meat industry.

Fonterra chief Theo Spierings wants Government buy-in on a national strategy, reports Fran O'Sullivan.

Auckland has lost 4 per cent of its most fertile rural land to housing over the past two decades and is set to lose more under the strain of a million more residents.

New Zealand's dairy sector debt nearly tripled over the past decade to $30.5 billion last year and some farmers will have difficulty servicing their loans in the year ahead.

Economists still expect a "bumper" season for New Zealand dairy , despite the first online auction for 2013/14 starting on a soft note.

Fonterra's Malaysian operation has doubled its revenue in local currency terms over the past five years.

Capital projects worth more than $1 billion are either under way or on the drawing board as the dairy industry gears up for increased demand from Asia for our milk powder.

Prices of dairy products recorded their smallest gain this year, edging up to a new record.

Young people are overlooking the agricultural technology sector as a viable, well-paid career option, says Gallagher.

Join us at noon today for a live chat with Federated Farmers president Bruce Wills. You can send in your questions now.

Prices of dairy products have surged to a record in Fonterra's latest global online auction as traders competed for a shrinking volume of drought-affected milk powder.

Led by dairy products, prices for export commodities surged last month - and this time the rise in world prices was not eaten up by a higher exchange rate.

Fonterra enjoyed strong earnings in the first half and has raised its payout forecast to farmers for the current year.

Profits have soared 33 per cent at our largest exporter Fonterra, but the dairy giant warns its performance is unlikely to be repeated in the second half of the year.