Kiwi dairy farmers are being told to expect a significantly lower farmgate milk price in the coming season, as the global milk market absorbs the impact of COVID-19.

Meat Industry Association (MIA) chair John Loughlin says despite the fears about the coronavirus, China still needs to eat. 

Long-time goat industry advocate Garrick Batten questions why NZ meat exporters have not capitalised on the inbuilt and growing Northern American demand for goat meat.

Farm sales were down 21.6% for the three months ended December 2019 versus the year prior ­— but sales look to be lifting.

Fonterra's latest milk collection figures confirm that the global dairy market is tipped slightly in favour of demand.

Meat and dairy prices are strong and horticulture is leaping ahead, yet farmer and business confidence in the primary sector remains low – especially dairy.

The time has come to reduce aspects of Fonterra’s regulatory burden, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Todd Muller says.

Was last week’s 3.4% drop in the Global Dairy Trade overall price index a warning sign or a temporary dip? Economists are divided.

The rural property market is lacking ‘zing’ despite high primary product prices and low interest rates, says BNZ’s agribusiness report Rural Wrap.

Strong global demand for dairy and constrained milk supply will keep farmgate prices high, say New Zealand’s large milk processors.