Groundswell co-founder Bryce McKenzie says turnout at yesterday’s nationwide protest was really good, despite comments from the Agriculture Minister to the contrary.

Newly-elected DairyNZ director Chris Lewis says he is humbled and honoured by the confidence farmers have placed in him.

Wairoa Mayor Craig Little says the Government proposal to charge the ag sector for emissions will be the death knell for East Coast farmers.

A group of independent milk processors are accusing the Government of favouring Fonterra.

China's weak economic activity is weighing in on global dairy prices.

A major frost event which hit kiwifruit orchards in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions earlier this month is estimated to cause production losses of up to 25% this season.

Confusion and outright anger reign across rural New Zealand as farmers and communities try to get to the bottom of the Labour Government’s proposal to effectively make a large number of sheep and beef farmers unprofitable in its quest to get them to pay for their agricultural emissions.

As farmers and tractors took to New Zealand’s motorways, towns and cities to protest the pricing of agricultural emissions, Stats NZ released the country’s quarterly greenhouse gas emissions figures.

Farmers and rural dwellers turned out for Groundswell’s protest in Waikato yesterday.

Fonterra says it has some reservations about the Government’s consultation document on agricultural emissions.

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