After eight years hard work, Mataura Valley Milk’s new $240 million nutrition plant at McNab, near Gore, has begun production on schedule.

US President Donald Trump’s trade tiff with China has hit American farmers in the pocket as China’s retaliatory tariffs on US exports start to bite. Soybean farmers are the hardest-hit.

As you read this, the factors affecting the outlook for global commodity markets are finely balanced, with much swinging on the weather – so there’s nothing new. 

The US trade war with China poses a risk for New Zealand, says ANZ’s chief economist, Sharon Zollner.

At PotatoEurope, near Hanover, this year, Grimme will unveil two self-propelled harvesters for the global market.

A banker has warned Fonterra to keep its navel gazing to a minimum.

Silver Fern Farms chief executive Simon Limmer is not overly concerned about the threat of plant-based meat substitutes. 

The world's tractor market looked healthy in 2017, with 2.1 million sales – up about 13% on the 2016 total of 1.9 million units.

Keytone Dairy, a Christchurch-based manufacturer, packer and exporter of powdered dairy products, has listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) as it raises capital for a major expansion of its Canterbury manufacturing operation.

Fonterra’s new cream cheese plant in Canterbury is set to manufacture up to 24,000 metric tonnes of cream cheese annually, bound for China.