World dairy prices put on their third significant gain in a row at the latest GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction overnight.

The price of whole milk powder may rise for the fourth straight auction on the GlobalDairyTrade platform next week.

Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings' challenge 'build windmills not walls' is galvanising the dairy co-operative.

Westpac's Karen Silk says the bank is confident the problems facing NZ dairy farmers are cyclical.

here are bright signs for New Zealand's primary producers, says Nathan Guy.

The theft of 500 cows from a large Ashburton dairy farm will cut this year's milk production by up to 200,000kg.

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The Taranaki farmers bought controversial interest rate swaps from the bank.

The futures market suggests an earnings upgrade might be on the way for Fonterra's farmers.

Farmers have seen two successive seasons of sub-par milk prices and the signs so far have pointed to a third.

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A strong lift in whole milk powder prices is expected at tomorrow morning's GlobalDairyTrade auction.

Synlait Milk says its annual profit more than doubled on sales of higher-margin products.

New Zealand's sheep flock dropped 3 per cent to the lowest level since the 1930's Depression.

After farming sheep, cattle and goats and filling many roles on national bodies rural Whanganui man Jeremy Austin is looking to become

Economists say Landcorp's decision to stop using palm kernel expeller (PKE) as a supplementary feed is a sign of things to come.

Weaning animals from antibiotics in favor of vaccines has become central as resistant superbugs become more prevalent in public spaces.

New Zealand's biggest farming company will stop using the controversial feed supplement by June next year.

A former contract milker who rammed a difficult dairy cow with a quad bike is banned from the dairy industry for 12 months.

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World dairy prices have shot higher at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, with the GDT price index gaining 6.6pc.

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Fonterra's infant formula sales in China are running ahead of its expectations, chairman John Wilson says.

Documents reveal Murray McCully met the businessman behind a controversial farm deal while in Saudi Arabia - despite his office saying he had no plans for such a meeting.

Fonterra will update its farmgate milk price and reveal earnings per share forecasts for 2016/17 on Monday.

The ninth birthday this week of Dolly the cloned sheep's four genetic siblings - Debbie, Denise, Diana and Daisy - prove that large cloned animals age normally, say scientists.

Biologists are adding a gene to the DNA of the pigeon pea, in hopes of boosting export output by 30 per cent.

The dairy downturn has driven farmer-owned co-operative, Livestock Improvement Corp into the red.

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.