A‘BLACK box’ traceability concept is behind one of New Zealand’s most innovative infant formula manufacturers winning accreditation in China.

NEW ZEALAND’S free trade deal with China has been questioned as the dairy industry grapples with that country’s new rules on infant formula imports.

MILK POWDER, BUTTER, and cheese led an increase in exports in April, with their value up over one-third, to $1.2 billion, compared with April 2013.

THE LIMITED offering of 6000 bales of South Island wool on offer saw a 90% clearance with most types increasing 2 to 4%, New Zealand Wool Services International 's general manager John Dawson reports.

THE GOVERNMENT needs to show some initiative and help our baby formula producers who face having their products parked up on Chinese wharves, Labour's Primary Industry spokesperson Damien O'Connor says.

HOW DO you win the hearts of dairy consumers in China?

FEWER LAMBS and more money: that’s the equation for meat exports in the past six months.

In 2012, Hawke’s Bay winegrowers received some worrying news: their good name, built from decades of toil and talent, was being ripped off. Wine was being sold in China as hailing from the Bay, though it had never been anywhere near New Zealand vineyards. And local growers could just imagine what that imposter might taste like.

Westland Milk Products says it is registered to export dairy products including infant formula milk powder to China.

AUSTRALIAN PRIME Minister Tony Abbott last week hailed his week-long North Asian tour a success, but farmers are unimpressed.