The former head of the Fonterra Shareholders Council, Ian Brown, has dismissed claims about the relevance of the council.

Fonterra has been fined $174,150 in Tauranga District Court for six separate offences under the Resource Management Act. Fonterra pled guilty to all six charges and was sentenced by Judge Smith at a hearing on July 27.

MyFarm director Grant Rowan is considering another tilt at the Fonterra board elections.

Having been raised on a 70-cow farm in Taranaki, Fonterra Shareholders Council’s new chairman Duncan Coull knows a lot about resilience.

The latest drop in the Global Dairy Trade price index will impact many farmers carrying a lot of debt, says DairyNZ chairman John Luxton.

A lack of leadership within the American dairy industry is one reason why the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks ground to a halt recently in Hawaii.

Federated Farmers wants the Government to fast-track its infrastructure projects in dairy regions to assist local economies through the downturn in dairy prices.

Ravensdown is welcoming the overhaul of the Overseer nutrient modelling tool.

Business advisory Crowe Horwath is calling on dairy industry stakeholders to work together in helping the sector get through the current difficult period of lower milk prices.

Whether it be feeding the calves after school or docking lambs, working on the family farm is a quintessential rural New Zealand right of passage for many kiwi kids.