Fall in farm conversions prompts interest in horticulture, honey and alternatives such as sheep milk.

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Has dairy turned the corner? Latest price 'couldn't come at a better time'.

Fire crews and Fonterra staff are cleaning up after two hazardous cleaning agents spilled at a plant overnight.

Dairy futures have rallied sharply, suggesting next week's world dairy auction will show a big rise.

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

Cost cutting by farmers had helped to drag down Dairy NZ's break-even price to $5.05 per kg of milk solids from $5.25 previously.

The dairy giant has stuck with its farmgate milkprice of $4.25.

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

A gain in whole milk powder offset a fall for most other products in the latest overnight dairy auction.

John Key and Kiwi delegation taste-test pudding, cheese balls, cheese sticks, and other dairy goods made in giant Fonterra plant near Jakarta.

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.

International dairy prices edged down at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, the GDT price index falling by 0.4 per cent since the previous sale last month.

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Fonterra's opposite number in Australia has announced A$4.31 per kg of milksolids as its opening farmgate milk price for the season.

As the dairy co-op tries to sell infant formula to Chinese parents, it's playing catch-up with competitors who got there first.

There is no "get out of jail free" card for dairy farmers in the current dairy downturn.

Dairy product prices have held steady at the latest Global Dairy Trade auction.

Big buys at annual agricultural event are likely to be lower on the shopping list for some who are hurting, especially dairy farmers.

Fonterra's loss-making Australian operation is likely be in the black this year now the co-operative is paying a more realistic milk price.

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Fonterra's plan to alter its governance structure has been defeated.

Fonterra's shareholders will vote tomorrow on a raft of changes - including reducing the board's size to 11 from 13.

Fonterra chairman John Wilson has linked Theo Spierings' resignation rumours to next week's farmer vote on changes.

Dairy prices kicked off the new season on a strong note, with gains driving the GDT price index up 3.4 per cent.

Fonterra's farmers will vote next week on a raft of changes to the way the co-operative is governed.

Hopes are running high that the first GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction for 2016/17 will show an improvement in dairy prices.