The value of New Zealand’s primary sector exports is set to grow by 3.8% to a new record high over the coming year.

Alternatives to milk are not necessarily better or cleaner than dairy, says Leon Clement, the new chief executive of Synlait Milk.

Persistently strong global milk supply forced Fonterra to cut its milk price forecast last week by about 20-25 cents.

With the lowering of the farmgate milk price comes the squeezing of margins.

Your canine crusader hears that Fonterra’s current financial woes could see the dairy co-op dumping many of its key assets.

China remains the key to where the global marketplace is heading in dairy prices, says Westpac economist Anne Boniface.

Fonterra has dropped its forecast farmgate milk price for the season.

New Zealand’s favourite ice cream brand could soon be sold.

This year was pivotal in the “transformative dynamic” of a2 Milk Company and it had “really only just scratched the surface” of its potential as a business, chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka says.

The potential for organics in New Zealand is being viewed as huge because of dairy farmer competence and excellent growing and market conditions.