Dairy
New Zealand dairy herd decreases for first time in 10 years
In New Zealand, the number of dairy cattle has dropped for the first time since 2005, according to Statistics New...
New Zealand
Dairy
Global Dairy Trade auction posts lower than expected increase
Dairy product prices increased by 1.9% at today’s Global Dairy Trade auction the last auction of 2015. The increase is...
Sheep
'Australia and New Zealand look set to fill 2016 EU sheepmeat quota'
Australia and New Zealand are set to fill their quotas for sheepmeat exports to the EU in 2016, according to...
World News
Pics: Calf has lucky escape after fall into a water course
A Hereford calf in New Zealand had a lucky escape recently after she fell into an underground water course. Farmer...
Dairy
Fonterra maintains its forecast farmgate milk price
Fonterra has maintained its forecast farmgate milk price of $4.60/kgMS (milk solids). In November, the co-op increased estimated earnings per share...
Sheep
New Zealand lamb crop at its lowest in 60 years
The New Zealand spring lamb crop is at its lowest in 60 years, with 23.9m lambs, according to a report...
Dairy
Hopes for Global Dairy Trade turnaround tomorrow
The first Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction of the month takes place tomorrow and latest indications suggest it could buck...
Dairy
Shocking video footage puts spotlight on New Zealand's dairy industry
An investigation by New Zealand animal rights group SAFE has put the country’s dairy industry under the spotlight. SAFE is...
World News
Fonterra aiming to be the number one player in the Chinese dairy market
Fonterra aims to become the number one dairy player in the Chinese market, according to its CEO, Theo Spierings. Speaking...
Dairy
Global Dairy Trade 'out of whack' with dairy fundamentals
Overall dairy prices at the Global Dairy Trade auction fell 7.9% this week for third consecutive auction fall. Overall and...
Dairy
New Zealand dairy cows are producing 18% more milk than 10 years ago
The average New Zealand dairy cow produced on average 4,235L of milk last season, 18% more than 10 years ago...
Dairy
New Zealand central bank warns of dairy farmer debt
New Zealand’s Central Bank has warned of excessive debt building up on dairy farms as farmers struggle with low prices....
EU
New veterinary agreement to boost EU-New Zealand trade in animal products
Technical amendments to the EU-New Zealand Agreement on sanitary measures in live animals and animal products have recently been made...
Dairy
GDT Analysis: Dairy traders banking on EU to make up Kiwi production decline
Dairy traders are banking on the EU and other producers to make up for the likely significant reduction in New...
Sheep
Global sheepmeat supplies expected to tighten in 2016
Current forecasts show that supplies from sheepmeat exporters in Australia and New Zealand are likely to decline in 2016, according...
EU
Video: EU and New Zealand to start talks on Free Trade Agreement
The EU and New Zealand have started the process for negotiations to achieve a deep and comprehensive high-quality Free Trade...
Dairy
Fonterra hits milk production peak, but it's back on last year
Fonterra hit its seasonal milk production peak on October 22, 2015 with 86.9m litres of milk being processed on that...
Agri-Business
Fonterra's credit rating downgraded... again
Fonterra’s credit rating has been downgraded for the second time in two weeks, this time by Fitch Ratings to A...
