It wasn’t a job Warren Gibson applied for, but he admits he was honoured to be asked to take over as Chair of the Air New Zealand Wine Awards judging panel.

Dairy exports expanded by $1.3 billion dollars to $14.6b in the past season despite a 0.6% drop in production for the season.

Examining the primary sector policies of Labour, and thus our new Government, there are a few things on my wish list, some cautionary notes and some plaudits to hand out.

Now is an important time to cement infant formula brands in China, says Pier Smulders, Alibaba’s business development director for New Zealand.

China's estimated 2020 shortfall in the supply of dairy products will be 17 million tonnes liquid milk equivalent, says Tim Knox, MPI director of market access, trade and policy.

The Ministry for Primary Industries says “suspicious” test results for the bacterial cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis on two more farms in the South Canterbury region are not dashing hopes for containment and eradication.

High praise for the help DairyNZ provides to its levy payers.

Fonterra farmers are worried that suppliers are leaving the co-op.

There is no rural-urban divide over water quality, says Fonterra chairman John Wilson.

Fonterra farmers are closely watching the co-op’s shaky investment in Chinese food company Beingmate, says Fonterra shareholders council chairman Duncan Coull.