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Farmers want policy certainty and are petrified about “kneejerk popular politics” similar to what the Government did with the oil and gas industry, says National agriculture spokesman Nathan Guy.

Changing to a more sustainable method of farming will be “in the money” in the long term, but the transition years are uncertain for a traditional farmer, says Weibe Draijer, chairman of Rabobank’s managing board.

Obtaining premium prices to pay for higher costs of production is the next challenge for farmers, says Rabobank dairy analyst Emma Higgins.

New Zealand farmers are starting to struggle to find the certainty they want in their businesses in the face of sustainability issues.

What made agricultural countries successful will not win the next era, says the chairman of Rabobank's managing board.

Whole milk powder, butter and cheese prices were the big drivers of the eighth bounce in a row for the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) last week, says Emma Higgins, Rabobank dairy analyst.

African swine fever’s huge impact on China’s pork production this year will be a huge opportunity for New Zealand’s meat industry.

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction continues to deliver good news for dairy farmers.

Brexit is a messy situation and how it will end is not clear, says Rabobank’s global strategist for animal protein Justin Sherrard.

The dairy outlook is more rosy and positive than New Zealand producers may have been feeling about it, says US Rabobank global dairy strategist Mary Ledman.