Mount Maunganui businessman Richard Peacocke is one of the key players in an application to set up nine dairy farms in the Mackenzie Basin. Richard is a director... Read More

The Productivity Task Force headed by Don Brash has lobbed a grenade into the middle of the current kiwifruit industry row by recommending deregulation of the industry. Zespri... Read More

Tauranga MP Simon Bridges says Turners and Growers have exasperated kiwifruit growers by trying to undermine New Zealand's trade policy. Trade Minister Tim Groser... Read More

Entrants to the 2010 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards have a chance to win a cash prize simply by entering the competition. The New Zealand Dairy Awards Trust... Read More

Seeka Kiwifruit Industries Ltd is in the middle of a takeover of Te Awanui Huka Pak. The reported purchase price is $24 million dollars and major shareholders of... Read More

The Agrecovery programme in the Bay of Plenty has made some changes to encourage greater participation by farmers and orchardists. The programme provides a convenient... Read More

The warring parties appear to have reached a truce over effluent non-compliance by dairy farmers in the Rotorua Lakes area. Federated Farmers Rotorua/Taupo provincial... Read More

New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers president and Bay orchardist Peter Ombler has credited the single desk marketing model with attracting research and development money... Read More

Horticulture New Zealand president and Western Bay of Plenty kiwifruit orchardist Andrew Fenton says the new research and development fund for kiwifruit is a smart... Read More

A further revision of Fonterra's 2009/10 milk payout forecast now has farmers anticipating a milk price of $5.70 kgMS. This is an increase of $1.10 from the last... Read More

Tauranga MP Simon Bridges is heralding the government's decision to invest $15.2 million in kiwifruit research and development as a brilliant boon for the Bay. The... Read More

Some residents living on a road in Pahoia are furious the Western Bay of Plenty District Council is changing their street numbers. Residents on the Old Highway... Read More