The simplest devices can sometimes give the best results.

While Westland Milk Products suppliers and staff struggle through a tough season, milk processing goes on.

This season was among the most difficult for cropping I have ever experienced.

Farmers in Environment Canterbury’s Selwyn-Te Waihora zone are being urged to get a move on with their farming consents.

Failure to meet its own goals for reproductive performance (industry targets) has been much talked about at Lincoln University Dairy Farm (LUDF).

A ghastly period: that’s how DairyNZ West Coast consulting officer Ross Bishop describes the situation facing the region’s dairy farmers.

Cheesemaker Albert Alferink says he’s a man of few words.

Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings says a good net profit and a strong balance sheet are crucial for the co-op’s future.

Cash flows on dairy farms will be stronger this winter and spring, says Fonterra chairman John Wilson.

Butter is best when it’s made at Fonterra’s Clandeboye plant in the South Island.