The world economy has veered into difficult and dangerous waters, suggesting 2016 will be a long hard year of slow recovery in prices in global food commodity markets, including dairy.

Analysts are now picking a dairy price recovery by the end of the year. Haven't they said that for the last three years?

Fonterra's joint venture with Chinese infant food company Beingmate is a step closer to fruition.

Farmgate and commodity prices are weighing heavily on farmers' minds.

Against the backdrop of a falling milk payout, Fonterra farmers will this week start discussing a governance review of the co-op.

1999 ... $0.1 billion of wine exports, 2006 ... $0.5 billion of wine exports, 2010 ... $1.0 billion of wine exports, 2015 ... $1.5 billion of wine exports!

Zespri is only "scratching at the surface" of market opportunities in China.

Recently there has been a lot of negative news and comment about economic conditions in China – the slowing growth, a volatile stock market and the decrease in dairy imports.

Rural News asked the country's second biggest meat processor and exporter – Alliance Group – about the current woes in the red meat sector.

Beef + Lamb NZ remains confident about the future of the NZ sheep farming sector, but admits there is good reason for current negativity.