The Global Dairy Trade price jump of 9.4% last week was at the top end or bigger than predictions by economists and part of a continued upward swing.

Three more dairy companies – Miraka, Open Country and Westland – are reporting milk flows dipping as dry weather starts to affect grass growth and production, despite reasonable rain in many places in the past week.

The economy is performing well but faces challenges arising from the Chinese economy, says Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler.

Ireland aims to build a share farming dairy career pathway similar to New Zealand’s when 30 years of milk quotas ends in April.

In just under two months’ time, the world’s largest milk producer will see one of its biggest regulatory changes in three decades. 

The China Australia Free Trade Agreement was delivered in 2014. What does 2015 hold for the Australian dairy industry?

In 2006, Australian dairy farmer Brett Dixon was faced with reduced irrigation allocations for the permanent water right he owned and high costs for the temporary water he had to buy to irrigate his 650ha farm. 

Irrigating farmers are being urged to optimise every drop of water.

The countryside is drying markedly in Waikato, though some areas that got recent rain are holding on. This may mean the third dry summer in a row for many areas, and this, with the poor payout, is putting pressure on some farmers.

A guide to cow house design “suits the needs of the dairy system and is an aid to farm profitability,” says its publisher, Aztech Building.