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Hitchhiking from Auckland to Christchurch to raise meals for food banks

Mikayla Hickey blows her dad Colin a kiss goodbye as he sets off on his hitch hike from Auckland to Christchurch

A dairy farmer will be thumbing his way from Auckland to Christchurch next week, to raise awareness of The Big Feed live rural telethon and drive donations for food banks nationwide.

NZ protein must adapt - report

New Zealand dairy, meat and seafood exporters need to keep up with rapidly evolving agri-food sustainability policies in China to ensure future market success.

According to a new report from the New Zealand China Council, New Zealand dairy, meat and seafood exporters need to keep up with rapidly evolving agri-food sustainability policies in China to ensure future market success.

NZ-designed testing method unlocks healthy soil

The study tested samples from five different sites, including forestry and irrigated dairy pasture that had been converted from forestry only a few years prior.

A study arising from a partnership with Ravensdown, AgResearch and Ngāi Tahu Farming, has created a benchmark approach to testing the health of soils.

Synlait lifts its forecast milk price

Synlait says dairy commodity prices have recovered after significant declines in August.

Listed milk processor Synlait Milk has lifted its 2023-24 forecast milk price by 25c to $7.25/ kgMS.

Wish list ready for incoming Govt

DairyNZ chair Jim van der Poel says they want ETS legislation changed to take that pressure off farmers.

DairyNZ chair Jim van der Poel says they are waiting patiently for the new government to be formed so they can discuss with them key issues of particular concern to the dairy industry.

Pink camper hits the road

The Breast Cancer Foundation’s new NZ Pink Campervan is hitting the streets of the South Island on its inaugural tour.

A new-look pink Breast Cancer Foundation NZ Pink Campervan is hitting the streets of New Zealand’s South Island on its inaugural tour.

A tale of two hemispheres

High prices and contracting production in the Northern Hemisphere are opposed by lower prices and increasing production in the Southern Hemisphere.

Global beef markets continue to be a story of two contrasting parts.

Freshwater plan mucky - Feds

Northland Federated Farmers president Colin Hannah says Northland District Council’s proposed freshwater plan has raised deep misgivings among farmers in the north.

Northland Federated Farmers is calling on farmers to take action over Northland's District Council's proposed freshwater plan.

Plant-based meat wilting

Rabobank Research’s Nick Fereday says plantbased meat sales have hit a wall in the US.

The plant-based meat product sector in the US is in a crisis, according to Rabobank's US-based executive director Rabobank Research, Nick Fereday.

LIC pays $2m in bad semen bungle

Federated Farmers dairy section chair Richard McIntyre says LIC has fallen short of its moral obligation to farmers.

Dairy farming leader Richard McIntyre claims LIC has fallen short of its moral obligation to farmers, who recently received bad sire semen from the herd improvement company.