Microchipping cows
OPINION: Should cows in NZ be microchipped?
OPINION: Fonterra's capital structure changes are one step closer to fruition with the Government tabling legislation in Parliament last week.
The country's second largest milk producer says a strong milk price remains on the cards despite successive price drops in global dairy prices.
The forecast farmgate milk price is being tipped to hold ground despite plummeting prices on the Global Dairy Trade (GDT).
Dairy prices are falling on the back of weakening global demand for milk products but so is milk supply.
Westpac senior agricultural economist Nathan Penny expects prices to remain elevated as global supply remains very tight.
Dairy prices dipped in the latest global auction but this didn't stop ASB Bank from revising its 2022-23 season forecast milk price to $10/kgMS.
OPINION: Given what's happening around the world, New Zealand dairy farmers are on to a pretty good thing with its internationally envied farming system.
OPINION: Should cows in NZ be microchipped?
OPINION: Legislation being drafted to bring back the controversial trade of live animal exports by sea is getting stuck in the…