World News
Video: Hundreds of sheep 'lamp-pede' down mountainside
This video of sheep almost cascading down the side of a mountain in New Zealand has proven to be a...
New Zealand
Sheep
Video: Great footage of sheep herding in New Zealand
This great drone video of hundreds of sheep been herded across a field in New Zealand shows the scale of sheep...
Dairy
Handbrake yet to be pulled on Kiwi milk production
Most parts of New Zealand have had good rain this summer despite predictions of drought due forecast El Niño weather...
N.Ireland
‘Timing of lamb imports designed to undermine local prices’
The volume of lamb imported from New Zealand and Australia through Belfast port in 2015 is deeply concerning, according to...
N.Ireland
'Timing of lamb imports designed to undermine local prices'
The volume of lamb imported from New Zealand and Australia through Belfast port in 2015 is deeply concerning, according to...
Dairy
New Zealand dairy co-op slashes forecast payout (cites overpaying for milk in Europe)
Westland Milk Products, New Zealand’s second biggest dairy co-operative, today announced a drop in its pay-out predictions for 2015-16, saying...
Dairy
Dairy farmers should scrap farm subsidies - New Zealand dairy leader
Subsidies have resulted in Irish dairy farmers propping-up other farmers around Europe who should be allowed to fail. That’s according...
Dairy
There's more pain ahead in the dairy market warns Fonterra CEO
There is definitely going to be more pain ahead in the dairy market, according to Theo Spierings, the Fonterra CEO. Speaking...
Sheep
New Zealand sheepmeat exports hit 15-year high
Sheepmeat exports from New Zealand during November 2015 reached their highest level for the month since 2000, according to AHDB....
Dairy
New Zealand dairy farmers hopeful of market conditions improving in 2016
Dairy farmers in New Zealand are more confident than their beef and sheep counterparts of market conditions improving in 2016....
Dairy
Kiwi dairy farmers feeling the effects of Global Dairy Trade drop
New Zealand dairy farmers are feeling the effects of the recent fall in the Global Dairy Trade auction according to...
Dairy
'Dairy prices unlikely to reach 2013 levels over next few years'
We’re unlikely to see dairy prices back near the record 2013 levels over the next few years, according to ASB Bank...
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...
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...
