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OPINION: Some leaders in the New Zealand dairy industry will be keeping an anxious watch on the growing spat between China and Australia.

OPINION: Last week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared a “climate emergency” in Parliament.  

OPINION: Publisher Stuff and lobby group Federated Farmers both like to preach about their respective high-minded virtues – Stuff, about “funding journalism”, Feds about “supporting our farming communities”.

OPINION: Fonterra has quietly offloaded its 50% stake in Agrifeeds, a major importer of palm kernel expeller into New Zealand.

OPINION: The company that makes dairy products under “The Collective” brand, and which copped a nearly $500,000 fine for failing to report positive listeria results, is turning to plant-based products as it makes a comeback.

Don't be fooled by the packets of almond milk on supermarket shelves.

Two British inventors have moo-ved into a new market after launching a range of footwear for cows.

Fonterra's communications boss Kerry Underhill has left the co-op after only two years on the job.

With the payout down and dry conditions looming, what's the last thing dairy farmers need now? An ageing political mouth with an overactive media secretary using the industry to try to make political capital.

Just when you think you've seen all the beauty queens another appears, but this one is a cow.