Good spring Despite significant turbulence in global beef markets, pricing for New Zealand beef remains strong and local producers are heading into the spring in a great position, according to Rabobank's latest Global Beef Quarterly report.

Schedules have now become the norm, leaving many exporters frustrated.

A plant 'milk' made from New Zealand-grown kabocha buttercup squash is now hitting supermarket shelves in Asia.

Gaining momentum from the global roll-out of its new brand in July, NZ fruit company Rockit has recently launched its biggest sales and marketing campaign.

A global shortage of beef and surge in demand has lifted farmgate prices for New Zealand farmers.

New Zealand exported red meat and co-products worth $870 million during July 2021 – marking a 29% increase year-on-year, according to analysis from the Meat Industry Association (MIA).

Listed New Zealand company the a2 Milk Company - once a darling of the stock exchange - is the subject of takeover rumours.

A cross-cultural research and development project has harnessed the grass-fed goodness of milk from New Zealand's West Coast in a product suitable for discerning Chinese bakers.

The a2 Milk Company says its long-term outlook looks positive despite a big drop in profits in the last financial year.

Of the 600 people who attended a recent sheep milking field day run by Spring Sheep Dairy, 45 applied to be suppliers, but only five were accepted.