Fonterra's plan to return $1 billion to shareholders in three years through the divestments of overseas milk pools is the right move, according to Waikato farmer Andrew McGiven.

It's been a slow start to the dairy season on the West Coast of the South Island.

The newly-appointed chair of sheep milk pioneer Maui Food Group says the company is embarking on a new stage of diversification and growth.

Three enterprising Mackenzie College (Fairlie) students may well have come up with the perfect solution to an age-old problem of livestock accessing water from frozen troughs. David Anderson reports...

Milk production in China is booming and this could be bad news for New Zealand farmers.

Chinese Taipei is the latest of three countries seeking to join the CPTPP – the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership.

The next three months will be critical for the primary sector as it tries to get product to key markets in the midst of a logistical crisis.

The forecast for global sheepmeat and beef demand is positive for the 2021-22 season supported by  solid market fundamentals, strong demand and tight supply, according to Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) New Season Outlook 2021-22.

OPINION: When it comes to hedging between the world's two superpowers, the US and China, no one does it better than the New Zealand Government.

Australia's dairy industry is on track for a slight increase in milk production this season.