TWO OF Australia’s listed dairy manufacturers could soon merge to form one of the largest publicly listed food companies in the country.

AUSTRALIAN FARMERS are welcoming the appointment of Barnaby Joyce as the new Federal Agriculture Minister.

A US$100 million milk packaging plant opened in Vietnam can pack 400 million L of milk annually.

CRIES FOR help from Canterbury dairy farmers hit by storm and resultant power blackouts is puzzling. 

ISN’T IT amazing how some people love to talk about catastrophy.  Last month’s dairy recalls saw some truly jump off the deep end, and just as we were getting through that, others latched onto a New York dairy strategist’s warning that the New Zealand dairy industry could be squashed by a resurgent US one.

LIC IS extending its annual Calf Club sponsorship to include a KiwiCross champion cup for group day events. 

A CHALLENGING time in his first season as a sharemilker has served to set Clarence Stolte (26) on the pathway to success. 

DAIRYING IN Taranaki produced $1 billion worth of milk in the last financial year, reports industry body DairyNZ as it heads into the province next week for its annual general meeting.

THE MINISTRY for Primary Industries has reiterated Dairy NZ’s advice to check cattle for symptoms of anaemia as a new strain of tick-borne disease Theileria sweeps south.

A MILD and relatively dry winter, above-average pasture growth rates and little pugging has resulted in high average pasture cover levels on many farms. The challenge over the next few months is keeping control of pasture quality.