The 2.7% jump in last week’s Global Dairy Trade overall price index – with a 3.6% bounce in whole milk powder – was a surprise, economists agree.

Dairy prices ended their recent slide in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction, with the price index lifting 2.7%.

JCB's Farm Master heavy loader range is pretty impressive. 

Waikato Milking Systems will this month exhibit at China’s biggest rural trade show.

Banks are mainly holding firm on their forecasts of $7/kgMS despite last week’s flat Global Dairy Trade result – a small decline of 0.4% in the overall price index.

Seemingly crazy “carryings-on” by some world leaders and influencers should not cause Kiwi farmers to sit on their hands worrying.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand’s economy is entering a dramatic new era of change with all the primary sector’s challenges ‘lying on the table’ together.

It's time to bring primary industry marketers onto farms, says Han Johr, corporate head of agriculture at Nestle.

Sheep farmers are in for another year of solid returns, says ASB’s senior rural economist Nathan Penny.

Fonterra's re-entry into the lucrative Indian market comes after years of homework, claims Fonterra India/Sri Lanka managing director Sunil Sethi.