Neal Wallace

Real estate leaders are warning overseas investors could start dominating the rural property market unless banks start backing local farm buyers.

Foreign investors want access to New Zealand's agricultural intellectual property, not just our land, Agriculture Minister David Carter says.

Hopes are high that talks between Primary Wools and Wool Grower Holdings may see the two farmer co-operatives working more closely together.

Talk to the co-owners of a United States flooring retailer about wool and it becomes clear why crossbred wool has struggled to connect with carpet buyers.

Nathan and Deborah Erskine are living the dairy farmer's dream.

The Alderton family from Waitahuna were last night named winners of the Otago Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

Southern farmers will want to see cash before agreeing to sell their farms to a foreign company again, having been burnt once by a deal that turned sour.

Claims by businesses that the July 1 start to the emissions trading scheme could hinder a fragile economic recovery appear to have fallen on deaf ears.

Paul Kane can't afford to be sentimental.

Bill Payne has the perfect retirement job. The United States angel investor remains active in his first passion, business, while also having time for fishing and golf. An advocate for angel investing, Mr Payne speaks to business reporter Neal Wallace.

Members of the public will finally be able to invest in New Zealand's largest company, with Fonterra proposing a new capital structure in which they can buy units and earn dividends.