Taranaki farmer Mel Poulton was announced, this month, as the successor to New Zealand’s special agricultural trade envoy Mike Petersen.

US dairy exporters keep finding new markets for cheese and dairy ingredients despite facing trade tensions.

Taranaki farmer Mel Poulton will work with New Zealand’s special agricultural trade envoy, Mike Petersen, over the next three months in preparation for taking over his role on January 1.

The US-JAPAN trade deal might impact on New Zealand beef, cheese and other exports to Japan and is almost certainly in breach of World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules, says a trade expert.

Farmers are welcoming the appointment of Tararua farmer Mel Poulton to the position of Special Agricultural Trade Envoy for New Zealand.

Globalisation is the only way to feed 9.6 billion people by 2050 with a healthy diet on a healthy planet, says a global food expert.

Sarah Wilson, New Zealand Winegrowers’ Senior Legal Counsel, has had a busy six months since she began, with Brexit being one of her focuses.

With the US dairy industry now it in its fifth year of low prices and third year of trade wounds, president and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation in the US, Jim Mulhern looks at what could come next.

OPINION: The international trading system is facing one of its biggest challenges in recent times.

The escalating trade war between the US and China will impact NZ trade, warns special agricultural trade envoy Mike Petersen.