Farming

Karl Dean says Fonterra, wholesalers and supermarkets are doing their best to keep prices down. Audio

Jen Corbin said it's the second time she and her husband have had stock stolen by cattle rustlers in as many years. Audio

The country's largest pastoral farmer is forecasting a record profit for the last financial year, as high prices for dairy and red meat help offset adverse weather events.

Some milk processing factories are bursting at the seams, but it's not expected to bring local prices down because of international pressures.

Carbon farming on productive land under the Emissions Trading Scheme was driving the significant reduction in livestock numbers.

The complaint alleged five banks were co-ordinating their agricultural lending with Net-Zero Banking Alliance strategies.

And what management changes are the Regional Council considering? Audio

As a second weather bomb lashed the Tasman region, Cosmo Kentish-Barnes was on the ground with rural residents staring down the barrel of another deluge.

A booming rural economy and renewed farmer spending helped boost LIC's profits fourfold over the previous year. Audio