Fonterra farmers are again warning that any change which may reduce their ownership or control of the co-operative sill be rejected.

Landcorp Farming, New Zealand's biggest farm business, expects Fonterra's payout to slip next year and its own earnings from beef exports to fall, reflecting the high kiwi dollar.

A farmer was recovering in hospital last night after being charged at by a bull which threw him almost two metres into the air.

Fonterra has named Dutch dairy executive Theo Spierings as its new chief executive.

Soil and nutrient advice company gets back to the scientific basics to help farmers optimise production.