In a Covid-constrained season, where many horticulturists are struggling with the lack of labour, family-run Mill Orchard - at Loburn, just north of Rangiora - is enjoying a great harvest.

Successive drops in the price of whole milk powder have prompted Fonterra to revise its forecast milk price for the season.

Global dairy prices are retreating as Omicron takes hold in more Chinese cities, disrupting the world's biggest market.

Farmers are being told to expect further rises in fertiliser prices within weeks.

Some 300 farmers around the country - supplying 12,000 dairy cattle for export to China have been left hundreds of thousands of dollars out of pocket due to the non-arrival of a live export ship.

The country's second largest milk processor believes the tipping point for whole milk powder (WMP) pricing has been reached.

New Zealand's fledgling dairy goat industry is in turmoil.

Alternatively powered vehicles, be they cars, utes or even tractors, never seem to be far from the news.

Dairy Farmgate milk prices have followed commodity prices higher worldwide, with some potential upside in some regions.

The three f's - namely fuel, fertiliser and feed prices - led the pack in double digit on-farm cost increases over the last year.