This time last month, not many people were aware that a new era was dawning on the world’s largest dairy exporter, Fonterra.

Most farmers are now flat-out calving and lambing and are looking forward to another season of forecast good returns. 

Lamb prices are likely to flatten off a little, but stay pretty much towards current levels, says Beef+Lamb chief economist Andrew Burtt.

Fonterra’s interim chief executive Miles Hurrell says the co-op needs to be clear, upfront and honest with farmer shareholders.

The last decade has been littered with unsuccessful joint ventures in China and we’ll probably see more, says Tim Hunt, Rabobank’s general manager food and agribusiness research in New Zealand and Australia. 

South Canterbury deer farmer Joshua Brook has won a prestigious trans-Tasman award for 2018.

Kiwifruit industry leader Peter McBride has won horticulture’s premier award, the Bledisloe Cup, at this year’s Horticulture Conference.

The Crown will appeal the High Court’s decision that the government was negligent in allowing kiwifruit vine-killing disease Psa into the country.

An absolute nonsense, unnecessary, premature, puzzling, and is our so-called friend the UK doing the dirty on us?

New Zealand’s horticultural sector will need to keep a close eye on the role sustainability attributes play in the purchasing decisions of Chinese consumers.