Milking cash crops
By Linda Sanders in Money
Issue Listener Plus 3809 5th May 2013
Despite soaring prices, some farmers are struggling but others don’t want to share the spoils.
Farming industry
Creaming it
1 CommentsBy Linda Sanders in Money
Issue 3804 28th Mar 2013
A high dollar isn’t holding back world dairy market giant Fonterra.
Water, water everywhere …
By Rebecca Priestley in Science
Issue 3745 18th Feb 2012
… but we need to be careful how we manage it, says public policy and law professor Robert Glennon.
John Hartstone's revolutionary dairy invention
By David Lomas in Commentary
Issue 3711 25th Jun 2011
A little-known New Zealand invention has revolutionised dairy farming here and around the world.
Great wool revival?
Subscriber contentBy Rebecca Macfie in Business
Issue 3690 29th Jan 2011
After decades of declining prices, farmers are enjoying rising returns.
Lie of the land
By Rebecca Macfie in Commentary
Issue 3674 9th Oct 2010
New rules for overseas buyers of our land need to strike a balance - appease those who don't want New Zealand's crown jewels sold off, but not hurt already depressed farm prices.
The price of milk
By Rebecca Macfie in Commentary
Issue 3666 14th Aug 2010
The bullish dairy industry is continuing to drive the country's economy but at an increasingly high environmental cost.
Greener pastures
in Editorial
Issue 3661 10th Jul 2010
Farmers threatening a "winter of discontent" are simply stuck in the mud.