COMMENT: Dairy industry could take a leaf out of Boag's manual and admit to 'casual pollution' of our waterways.

Northland dairy farmers are not worried at a slight fall in prices at the Global Dairy Trade auction while still holding hopes of

Farming does not get the public attention is deserves these days, until this time of year when any road journey out of the cities

DairyNZ is on the hunt for Bay of Plenty farmers to help lead a project aimed at boosting profit through better pasture management. As

Dairy prices fell for the second time in a row at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, but analysts say the 3.9 per cent average decline

Dairy product prices fell at the Global Dairy Trade auction, sliding for a second consecutive auction, as whole milk powder prices

COMMENT: Farming does not get the public attention is deserves.

A free online milk monitoring and prediction tool launched in June is already supporting milk production boosts of up to 18per cent

COMMENT: As we head into another sweltering Kiwi summer, the water quality of our lakes, rivers and streams will continue to disappoint and enrage.

Dairy farmers can look forward to better times in 2017 as global production is expected to ''get worse before it gets better''.

New Zealand milk collection fell 5.7% in first half due to unfavourable weather.

A2 Milk Co shares gained after the milk marketer played down fears about the infant formula market stemming from ASX-listed rival Bellamy's Australia's extended trading halt.

Fonterra's chairman comments on the latest GDT auction (down 0.5%) and looks back on a year where whole milk powder prices have nearly doubled.

Prices at Fonterra's fortnightly GlobalDairyTrade auction have dipped slightly.

Labour's Primary Industry Spokesman Damien O'Connor reviews the year in politics and farming whilst Jamie tries to get him to say something nice about John Key...again.

The Southern Region Dairy Expo has had a name change. It is now the Clydevale Farm Expo, and will take place on March 1 from 9am

The number of New Zealand farm sales rose 7.4% in the three months ended November 30, sparking cautious optimism in the rural market

Some sharemilkers will still be feeling the heat this summer, despite the dairy industry's continuing recovery. Of all sharemilkers

The opportunity to participate in a dairy leaders environmental forum in Wellington was an amazing experience, says Dannevirke dairy

After two miserable seasons, dairy farmers were this year given hope that they might finally be able to dig themselves out of the

Paul Grave is Head of the Waikato for Fonterra, he took a break from Christmas madness to chat to Dom George from The Country Early Edition.

New Zealand farm sales rose 7.4 per cent in the three months ended November 30.

Rabobank Dairy Analyst Emma Higgins previews the latest Rabobank Dairy Quarterly report and says the payout for the 2016-17 season could be in the "high sixes".

The recent pick up in dairy prices back to profitable levels may take some time to flow through New Zealand's economy as farmers focus on paying down debt.

Overall prices increased 3.5per cent in last week's auction, paced by a 4.9per cent lift in whole milk powder prices. Prices have

A fifth of share milkers who responded to a Federated Farmers survey say they were coming under pressure from their bank on their

Fonterra will build a $240 million mozzarella plant in South Canterbury, making it the largest producer of natural mozzarella in the Southern Hemisphere.

A fifth of share milkers who responded to a Federated Farmers survey said they were coming under pressure from their bank on their

An announcement on the revised forecast farmgate milk price is imminent and Northland dairy farmers hope the figure is in the mid-

The positive outlook for the dairy and horticulture sectors had kept overall confidence in the agricultural economy relatively high.