Animal breeding company LIC says its bulls have again taken the top spots in the all-industry list for top bulls across New Zealand.

With five million calves expected in the next eight weeks, it is a busy season for Christchurch firm Woolover, which makes wool covers for calves, lambs and kids, and for adult animals.

Canadian-owned Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Company, Victoria, saw its net profit slump 88% last year.

Embattled Australian co-op Murray Goulburn says it has lost about 3.6% of its milk supply as a result of farmer suppliers leaving.

It's a chilly wet afternoon in Taranaki and we've just sat down in front of a roaring fire after standing-off 370 dries for the night.

Reports that China has threatened action against key exports such as dairy and kiwifruit if New Zealand investigated a complaint about Chinese steel imports are "completely overblown".

Tractor sales are holding despite the dairy downturn, says NZ Tractor and Machinery Association president Mark Hamilton-Manns.

Cheese prices are falling worldwide and it's all to do with the milk glut.

In a matter of days – on August 1 – new regulations on bobby calves come into force.

Feds dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard says the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction needs some CPR to shock it back into life.