Milk payout will improve next season, but cashflow will remain tight on farms, say market analysts.

America's love affair with hamburgers has resulted in a bumper year for New Zealand beef farmers, says Beef + Lamb NZ (BLNZ).

The world tractor market for 2014 is estimated to be about 2.1 million units, which showed a slight decline and high regional variation. 

Over the last year the Hawke’s Bay Winegrowers have been putting in place plans to place a stronger emphasis on marketing our fine wine region.

Companies in the Waikato Innovation Park, most of them farming-related, are reporting healthy financial growth, the park operator says.

The Netherlands is the second largest exporter of food in the world – exporting AS$70 billion each year from a landmass of 42 square kilometres and a population of 17 million people.

After an encouraging rise, then fall, in dairy product prices in the first quarter of this year, milk producers and manufacturers are again looking for the upside as planning for next season is either well underway or done for most. 

The latest outlook for dairy farming and a selection of ‘Hot Science’ topics will feature at the DairyNZ’s regional farmer forums which kick off in April.

Shanghai Pengxin's subsidiary Milk New Zealand Holdings won two prizes at the recent BNZ New Zealand Chinese Business Awards.

February's production data released by DCANZ last week shows Fonterra’s drought impact warning was over-the-top and explains why markets have corrected so sharply, say analysts.