Fonterra is set to lose two more executives.

The Ministry for Primary Industries predicts the dairy industry will take four more years before it equals the record $17.7 billion it earned in exports in 2014.

The strong dollar, restricted off-shore interest and high volumes of one wool category on offer this week saw local prices ease.

Bigger is not always better, but it seems that in business the size of the prize sometimes obscures the cost of pursuit.

The author of the MPI Situation and Outlook report says that while some of it could be construed as less than satisfactory, the primary industries overall have a "phenomenal opportunity".

If the Brexit goes ahead New Zealand could lose its best ally in its struggle against European agricultural protectionism, says an agronomics expert.

Australian National milk production could drop as much as 5% next season, taking the national output to levels not seen since the drought.

Fonterra has announced a new senior leadership team and business unit structure.

The milk pricing system in Australia, with its lack of transparency and risk mitigation tools across the industry, is holding back expansion of dairying and needs to be improved.

Fonterra company Tip Top is to trial online sales of New Zealand-made ice cream in China – the world's biggest ice cream market.