A resurging Chinese economy is helping boost returns for New Zealand dairy farmers.

A resurging Chinese economy is helping boost returns for New Zealand dairy farmers.

Global dairy prices have risen for the third consecutive Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction.

A jump in the value and volume of New Zealand’s sheepmeat exports to Europe and the UK shows why preserving WTO tariff-rate quotas is so important, claims the Meat Industry Association (MIA).

New Zealand trade officials are watching the escalating trade war between the US and China with mounting concern and anxiety.

As the wine world pivots through Covid-19, Misha Wilkinson prefers to pirouette.

While lamb prices are starting the new season at around 16% below last year’s levels, they are not outright weak, according to the BNZ.

Miraka, the Māori-owned dairy company near Taupo, believes its farmer suppliers are relatively happy about a possible lower payout this season.

The forecast milk payout for this season has gone up by 40c and Fonterra farmers can thank Chinese consumers.

Fonterra has increased the mid-point of its forecast farmgate milk price for 2020/21.