The Chinese-owned company wanting to buy the balance of the Crafar farms would be the first vertically integrated dairy business in NZ.

Kiwis concerned about NZ farms being sold to foreign investors have no one to blame but themselves, writes Bernard Hickey.

Fonterra says revenues fell $300 million in the past half year, but that world dairy prices continue to recover.

If Govt projections over our petroleum sector bear fruit, NZ could be the oil sheikhs of the Pacific, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Skellerup, the agricultural and rubber goods maker, has begun to pull out of the worst impacts of the global recession, reporting a $3.28 million net profit after tax for the six months to December 31.

Only 7 dairy farms were sold last month, says the Real Estate Institute, with total farm sales slumping more than a third to just 46.

Food prices increased 2.1 per cent in January, Statistics New Zealand said today.

A free trade deal with the highly protected Indian economy could mean big things for New Zealand agriculture exporters.

Fonterra says around one third of its farmer shareholders have spent $270.7 million buying up new shares in the co-operative.