Fonterra raises $271m new capital
Fonterra raises $271m new capital
A third of Fonterra's 10,500 shareholders have subscribed for 60 million new shares in the co-operative, providing $271 million in new capital.
Neal Wallace
Long-term view vital,SFF says
Long-term view vital,SFF says
The chairman of the country's largest meat company is urging farmers to take a long-term view of their industry and reject one-off price inducements from companies wanting their stock.
Huge challenge to feed growing world
Huge challenge to feed growing world
It took 10,000 years for farmers to lift global food production to current levels, but the sector might have to double output in the coming decades to feed the world's growing population, an agribusiness leader said recently.
Alliance views its carbon footprint
Alliance views its carbon footprint
The Alliance Group has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 22% a unit of production since 2000 and hopes to help its farmer suppliers do the same.
Fertiliser price could climb
Fertiliser price could climb
Fertiliser prices could rise sharply in the coming year, driven up by a combination of increased global demand and depleted stocks.
Keeping it in the family farmers' priority
Keeping it in the family farmers' priority
Part of the logic behind Robert and Mary-Anne Kane's decision to convert part of their farm to dairying was driven by simmering frustration with the meat industry.
Changing management of riparian strips
Changing management of riparian strips
Robert Kane thinks New Zealand should do better with the way riparian strips are managed.
Farmers favour switch to dairying
Farmers favour switch to dairying
Southern land-owners have consistently been considering converting farms to dairying.
High dollar making farmers nervous
High dollar making farmers nervous
Store lamb prices are steady and demand is being described as reasonable as farmers wait to see what happens to prime stock prices after the Christmas break.
25 years ensuring farmers' best deal
25 years ensuring farmers' best deal
It was a natural progression into agribusiness politics for Peter Macdougall.
Botry-Zen receiver impressed
Botry-Zen receiver impressed
The receiver of Dunedin company Botry-Zen says he is impressed by the level of support for the embattled Dunedin business.
Biotech a victim of frustration
Biotech a victim of frustration
The calling in before Christmas of receivers for pioneer Dunedin biotech company Botry-Zen shows the vulnerability of a sector which promised plenty but has so far largely failed to deliver. Business reporter Neal Wallace asks whether investors expected too much from the sector.
Stonehenge in the blood for 99 years
Stonehenge in the blood for 99 years
Stonehenge spreads beneath the big blue sky of the Maniototo. Neal Wallace takes in a high country property that has been in the Hore family for 99 years.
Price rise likely to lift dairy production
Price rise likely to lift dairy production
Fonterra expects global milk supplies to increase in response to rocketing international dairy product prices, even after the expected market correction in yesterday's globalDairyTrade internet auction.
Markets' eyes on Fonterra auction result
Markets' eyes on Fonterra auction result
World dairy markets will be studying closely the results of Fonterra's globalDairyTrade internet auction this morning, after speculation the strength of recovery in global dairy prices might not be sustainable.
On track in a niche market
On track in a niche market
TracMap is a product whose time has come.
Trust buys 28 farms in South
Trust buys 28 farms in South
A Maori trust, with financial backing believed to come from Dubai, has contracted to buy 28 farms in Southland, with plans to buy others throughout the country.
Botry-Zen to be sold operating
Botry-Zen to be sold operating
The receivers of Botry-Zen are to offer the Dunedin biotechnology company for sale as a going concern.
NZ company takes its honey to the world
NZ company takes its honey to the world
The New Zealand Honey Company was this year named New Zealand's fastest growing company with a 995% increase in sales between August 2006 and August 2009.
Botry Zen calls in receivers
Botry Zen calls in receivers
One of Otago's business hopes, the biotechnology company Botry Zen, has been placed in receivership after shareholders refused for the second time in 15 months to inject new capital into the struggling venture.