Agribusiness

Since starting Archway Group with her husband, Amanda Hodgson has learnt that sometimes it is the small things that create a great team culture.

Drought and market woes put a padlock on farmers’ wallets.

Possibility that season’s first shipment of SunGold to Europe will have to be written off after shipboard mouse infestation.

Ripple effects of distant tensions and bridge collapses offset to some extent by new freight hub at Ruakura.

Labour supply, weather and crop quality all line up.

Use media, influencers, clients and events to promote your farm stay, say experienced operators.

After years of ambitious expansion, co-op narrows focus to Canterbury region.

Ageing assets are no longer efficient to operate, manufacturing director says.

New ag platform draws responses from scores who love their profession but are feeling low about it.

The brothers who ran Van Eeden Tulips have closed the business, leaving a huge gap in the local market.

Commerce Commission clears the way for the deal between Farmlands and Ballance Agri-Nutrients.

Chartered accountant says sale could realise $2bn.

Focus shifts from boardroom shenanigans to customer service and support.

Dairy company cannot survive without major asset sales plus major new equity, says Keith Woodford.

Delayed results include possible recovery routes even as they chart extent of the problem.

Market conditions have meant SFF Ltd has adjusted the pace of planned investment and focused on reducing operating costs.

Murray Taggart leaves the Alliance Group in much better shape – and a safer place to work – than he found it when he became chair 11 years ago.

Interim dividend of 15c represents about $22,500 for the average-sized Fonterra supply farm.

Aussie and Kiwi Rabobank Business Management Programme grads spend time in cyclone-hit region.

It’s all about monitoring the animals’ health day to day and keeping residuals a little higher.

Farmgate data lauded by global customers in multi-pronged approach to cutting emissions.

‘A hell of a lot of hui, and not a lot of doey,’ says Tom O’Sullivan, frustrated with wool advocacy as he joins the commercial sector.

New player’s 30,000t of phosphate on the water, scheduled for arrival in March/April.

Heading for a million trays in third year of commercial production.

The OECD’s head of trade and agriculture sets out the triple challenges facing food producers worldwide.

A summit organised by the Wai Kōkopu catchment will share insights with and from progressive farmers.

Organisation’s high environmental and social standards align with Māori values, company says.

Campaign for Wool and Wool Impact sign formal collaboration deal.

Matamata farmers open up four hectares of maize to the public.

International Women’s Day celebrates social, economic, cultural and political achievements.

DINZ CEO ‘desperately proud of NZ’s ability to produce the highest quality, safe food’.

No interim dividend as half-year results reflect challenging trading conditions in sector.

Synlait is in big trouble with losses mounting up and no easy answers, says Keith Woodford.

Unsolicited overseas offer for all shares received.

Hopes for an easier year ahead after Gabrielle took a bite out of apple business.

Apple orchards and forestry holdings among two large land purchases.