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Dairy prices mixed in latest auction
A gain in whole milk powder offset a fall for most other products in the latest overnight dairy auction.
A gain in whole milk powder offset a fall for most other products in the latest overnight dairy auction.
Farm prices are on the way down, led by an 18 per cent decline in the dairy sector over the past 12 months.
Fonterra Cooperative Group's New Zealand milk collection fell 10 per cent in the first month of the 2017 season, a typically low production period.
Claudio Da Costa, 47, told MPI investigators he used scissors because it was a 'quick and cheap fix for the problem'.
KIwiRail is introducing a charge to maintain private rail crossings, and farmers will be the first to be asked to cough up.
Failed Crafar farms buyer May Wang is appealing her convictions and her eight-year jail sentence. Wang, also known as May Hao, was
Manuka honey is making a big comeback with plans to develop a $1.2 billion honey industry.
Northland farmers and possum trappers are being warned to take care around animals after a spike in cases of leptospirosis. Leptospirosis
New Zealand commodity prices rose for a second month in June, led by more seafood and dairy products.
A woman is in hospital with arm and chest injuries after being kicked in the chest by a cow in Hawkes Bay.
Farmers Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard says dairy farmers need to ask themselves what a smart level of debt is given the risk profile for the next decade.
Some farmers are seeing sales drop as customers want prepared foods more than produce.
The release of 400ha to grow Gold3 kiwifuit under licence in 2016 will result in a hefty increase in Zespri International's corporate profit.
"Hang in there" - that's the message Fonterra chairman John Wilson was giving to farmers at Fieldays.
Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings has reshuffled the roles of some of his top managers for the third time this year.
Attendance at Fieldays on day two of the four-day agricultural event was up 10 per cent on the same day last year.
COMMENT: How we treat animals matters, not just to animals, but to ourselves and overseas markets.
Attendance at Fieldays is running just slightly below this time last year, despite the current slump in dairy prices.
A2 Milk shares rose 14 per cent after the milk marketing company raised its full-year guidance.
New Zealand's primary sector needs to innovate and reinvent itself if it is to thrive, KMPG says.
Without immigrant labour, US dairy farms would close, output drop and consumers pay twice as much for milk.
Big buys at annual agricultural event are likely to be lower on the shopping list for some who are hurting, especially dairy farmers.
COMMENT: A number of recent developments highlight concerns about the corporate governance of rural-based companies.
Fonterra's plan to alter its governance structure has been defeated.
Tougher rules around the treatment of bobby calves will start before the spring calving season, but other measures on food and shelter will be delayed until next year.
Fonterra's shareholders will vote tomorrow on a raft of changes - including reducing the board's size to 11 from 13.
Very low dairy prices have so far not translated into widespread forced sales of farms, but the coming spring and summer periods will be the acid test for many.
Synlait Milk said its forecast milk price for the 2016/2017 would carry a higher-than-usual advance rate for milk suppliers.