DOUBLING NEW Zealand’s primary exports to $60 billion by 2025 is “a challenge” but it is good to have something to aim for, Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy says.

THE FACTIONS once warring over the South Island’s Mackenzie Basin appear to have agreed to a collaborative process of landscape management.

THE JAILED Chinese man who says Zespri is to blame for his smuggling charges is making the accusations to get a reduction in sentence, says New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Inc (NZKGI) chairman Neil Trebilco.

DAIRY GIANT Fonterra is responsible for most of New Zealand’s dairy exports and accounts for approximately one-third of global trade.

BAYER WANTS double digit growth in Australasia, and some of that will come from New Zealand innovation, says Bayer’s new chief for Australia and New Zealand, Dr Jacqueline Applegate.

Mention the word ‘conversion’ in the context of land use, and most people assume you’re talking dairy conversion. But now the term is being applied to another trend: lucerne conversion. Andrew Swallow reports.

[NZ] is about 90%. They were also getting lamb growth rates up to 320g/day.

TRANSITIONING LIVESTOCK onto winter crops needs extra care this year where stock, especially pregnant ewes, are already in less than ideal condition due to drought.

Consumer research has revealed 72% of people in Asia see dairy as an important part of a balanced diet. However, the research also shows less than half of the 9000 people surveyed in nine countries are eating dairy on a daily basis.

A focus on relationships with some of China's leading dairy brands is earning accolades for Canterbury's Synlait Milk Ltd (Synlait).