While Fonterra’s first quarter revenue is up 4% on the same period last year, sales volumes are down 20% to 3.9 billion liquid milk equivalent (LME).

Fonterra has dropped its forecast milk payout for this season by 35c to $6.40/kgMS.

Meat co-op Alliance Group has doubled its operating profit to $20.2 million for the year to September 30, 2017.

Westland Milk Products’ (WMP) chief executive says the co-op may in future look beyond the cow in the products it makes.

The last year has been “one of the most challenging for the New Zealand strong wool industry”, according to Wools of NZ’s latest annual report.

Avocado exporters are now determining how to develop a niche market in China following the signing of export protocol by the two countries.

Meat company Silver Fern Farms has poached a top executive from Zespri to be its new chief executive next year.

Britain's trade secretary, Dr Liam Fox will not give New Zealand any guarantee on how access for our sheepmeat will be determined when the UK leaves the EU.

While overall dairy exports from New Zealand and Australia are declining, the European Union is showing strong export growth, says Fonterra’s November Global Dairy Update.

Synlait milk has doubled its milk powder canning capability with the opening of a $55 million facility at Mangere, Auckland.