OPINION: This old mutt understands that MPI and agri industr bodies had to do a fair bit of scrambling to shoot down rumours circulating about China shutting its borders to NZ and Australian products over concerns about foot-and-mouth disease.

Rising sales of dairy consumable products helped Skellerup deliver a record net profit of $48 million last financial year.

The a2 Milk Company (a2MC) is partnering with charity KidsCan to help children affected by poverty.

In November 2019 we promised ourselves we'd take it a bit slower in 2020, having had five overseas trips since the previous October - two to Aussie and three long hauls which included Hong Kong, Japan, China, USA, England, Russia, Italy, Ireland and Jersey, totaling four months on the road, phew.

The forecast farmgate milk price is being tipped to hold ground despite plummeting prices on the Global Dairy Trade (GDT).

After a very wet July, NIWA is forecasting a ray of hope for sodden farmers. Temperatures are most likely to be warmer than average across most of the country through the middle of spring 2022.

NZPork have made a series of changes to the way pigs are farmed as an alternative to plans proposed by the Government.

Farmgate prices for dairy and meat this season are likely to be lower compared to the year past, says BNZ senior economist Doug Steel.

OPINION: A group of New Zealand farmers who collectively sold $1 million worth of cattle to a live export company in March are still waiting to be paid.

Canterbury milk processor Synlait says it is continuing on its road to recovery, announcing a refreshed strategy and a revamped leadership team structure.