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OPINION: Your canine crusader reckons the so-called lovefest between our very woke PM Jacinda Ardern and her equally woke Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau isn’t worth a pint of sour milk.

The monthly value of goods exports in October 2021 rose $552 million (12%) from October 2020, to $5.3 billion, according to Statistics NZ.

Food prices were up 1.3% in July 2021 compared with June 2021, say Statistics NZ.

Fonterra farmers will start the new season with strong cashflow, thanks to an opening forecast with a record midpoint of $8/kgMS.

Fonterra has reduced its 2020-21 forecast farmgate milk price range midpoint by 5c.

Good news for Fonterra farmers: the co-operative has announced an opening forecast farmgate milk price range for the 2021-22 season of $7.25 - $8.75/kgMS, with a midpoint of $8/kgMS.

Climate change activists, who believe NZ is going to hell in a handcart due to the methane emissions from the country's livestock population, will be delighted to learn that these numbers have fallen dramatically.

Fonterra has unveiled plans to overhaul its capital structure.

One of New Zealand’s largest dairy farmers- the Van Leeuwen Group- has been placed into receivership.

Could cow milk from New Zealand help the world fight against Covid-19?