NEW ZEALAND is bowing to international pressure by introducing new milk cooling rules for dairy farmers.

WE’VE ALL heard of Silicon Valley in California. Now China’s biggest dairy company appears to have similarly named the Waitaki Valley.

THE A2 MILK Company (a2MC) believes a lot of its new a2Platinum infant formula could be finding its way from Australia into China on the ‘grey market’ – though regulation changes have hampered its launch of the product there.

‘DISAPPOINTING’ WAS economists’ key word last week as GlobalDairyTrade resumed its slide, falling 3.1% overall with powders plunging 5-6%.

IT IS great to see Trade Minister Tim Groser and DCANZ executive director Kimberly Crewther taking a positive stance on the news that Australia and China have signed a free trade agreement.

FEDERATED FARMERS Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard has described the lowest auction in five years as "a blow to the industry" as hopes of a lift or at least continued plateau in prices were dashed.

FONTERRA HOPES to be collecting 30 billion litres of milk worldwide by 2025, says chief executive Theo Spierings.

KIWIFRUIT’S ACHIEVEMENTS to date are not enough to sustain a competitive advantage and change is needed, says Zespri’s chief executive Lain Jager.

A NEW infant formula plant in South Auckland is on track to start production in February next year.

SYNTHETIC FOOD, a trend away from milk products that need to be reconstituted, food police and the rapidly changing digital age. These are some of the issues canvassed in KPMG’s newly released Agribusiness Agenda ‘Exploring Our Global Future’.