Takeover bid?
OPINION: Canterbury milk processor Synlait is showing no sign of bouncing back from its financial doldrums.
OPINION: British supermarket chain Waitrose recently released its 2022 Food and Drink report, in which it predicts that potato 'milk' will be the biggest dairy alternative milk trend of 2022.
Yes, Forbes magazine reports that the humble spud could be the next big thing when it comes to alternatives to real milk.
Waitrose says the popularity of soy, almond, oat, and pea milk has increased in recent years and now it's the turn of potato milk.
Low in sugar and saturated far, it is - apparently - set to dominate coffee shop menus in the coming months.
The British supermarket chain is so confident in its prediction, it will be selling the only commercially available brand of potato milk on the market - a Swedish brand called DUG, owned by start-up Veg of Lund - from this month.
Trade Minister Todd McClay says New Zealand has no intention of backing down in a trade dispute with Canada over dairy products.
There have been leadership changes at the Hamilton-based Dairy Goat Co-operative, which has been struggling financially in recent years.
Horticulture NZ chief executive Nadine Tunley will step down in August.
OPINION: In recent years farmers have been crying foul of unworkable and expensive regulations.
Another 16 commercial beef farmers have been selected to take part in the Informing New Zealand Beef (INZB) programme designed to help drive the uptake of genetics in the industry.
Trade Minister Todd McClay says Kiwi exporters will be $100 million better off today as the NZ-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) comes into force.
OPINION: Canterbury milk processor Synlait is showing no sign of bouncing back from its financial doldrums.
OPINION: It seems every bugger in this country can get an award these days.