Farmers affected by a year of heavy rain in the lower North Island recently received a special visitor.

The Ministry for Primary Industries says “suspicious” test results for the bacterial cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis on two more farms in the South Canterbury region are not dashing hopes for containment and eradication.

Troubled milk processor Westland Milk is on track to achieve a target of saving $78 million, says chief executive Toni Brendish.

High praise for the help DairyNZ provides to its levy payers.

If you think milk price or weather are dairy farmers’ biggest concerns, think again – it’s people.

Fonterra farmers are worried that suppliers are leaving the co-op.

There is no rural-urban divide over water quality, says Fonterra chairman John Wilson.

Fonterra farmers are closely watching the co-op’s shaky investment in Chinese food company Beingmate, says Fonterra shareholders council chairman Duncan Coull.

Former Fonterra director Leonie Guiney left the co-op in controversial circumstances.

Fonterra's forecast milk price of $6.75/kgMS is looking shaky, bank economists agree.

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