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OPINION: The UK's revolving door politics of recent weeks means the country's farmers are getting used to their fifth Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in five years.
The role, equivalent to that NZ's Agriculture Minister, had seen a new face every time 10 Downing Street has had a new resident. And there have been three in just three months.
Since 2017, Michael Gove, Theresa Villers, George Eustice, Ranil Jayawardena and Therese Coffey have held the Secretary's role. Coffey was appointed to the role last week by new PM Rishi Sunak.
Jayawardena holds the record for the shortest tenure - one month and 19 days - under Liz Truss' prime ministership.
OPINION: According to media reports, the eye-watering price of butter has prompted Finance Minister Nicola Willis to ask for a 'please explain' from her former employer Fonterra.
OPINION: As India negotiates to open its borders to more global products, dairy is proving a sticky issue.
OPINION: Paranoia about foreigners is at an all-time high in the US and attention is now turning to foreign-owned farmland.
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its cows and instead charge visitors to cuddle them.
Two large milk processing plants in New Zealand are changing hands.
Sheep and beef farmers are urging the Government to do more to stop productive farmland overrun by pine trees.
Auckland’s Eventfinda Stadium saw New Zealand’s top butchers recognized at the National Butchery Awards.
According to the latest Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Stock Number Survey, sheep numbers have fallen by 1% while beef cattle numbers rose by 4.4%.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand says it is seeing strong farmer interest in its newly launched nProve Beef genetics tool, with early feedback and usage insights confirming its value in helping farmers make better breeding decisions and drive genetic improvement in New Zealand's beef herd.
The Innovation Awards at June's National Fieldays showcased several new ideas, alongside previous entries that had reached commercial reality.
OPINION: Sydney has a $12 million milk disposal problem.
OPINION: Canterbury milk processor Synlait's recovery seems to have hit another snag.
