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Milk pick-up off to a slow start

Fonterra says milk collections this July were 2.4% lower than July last year.

Fonterra says its milk collections for July were 2.4% lower than July last year.

Enough rain, we urgently need the sun!

North Island AgFirst consultant Peter Livingston says the exceptionally wet winter is starting to have an effect on milk production.

We need sun urgently, according to central North Island AgFirst consultant Peter Livingston who says the exceptionally wet winter - especially around Rotorua which has seen 1,100mm of rain in the last three months - is starting to have an effect on milk production.

A2 Milk on road to recovery

a2 Milk Company managing director David Bortolussi is positive about the outlook for the company.

A2 Milk looks set to be recovering from last year’s profit nosedive.

Technology helps tankers slash travel times

Open Country national transport manager Ginny Christians says the technology ensures milk from suppliers' farms travels the shortest distance possible to processing sites.

An innovative digital technology is helping the country's second largest milk processor streamline its transport operations.

Can't beat the goodness of milk

Riddet Institute Professor of Nutritional Sciences Warren McNabb.

Plant-based beverages are expensive and provide only a small fraction of the nutritional goodness of cow's milk, according to a new study done in Massey University.

Tariff quotas under review

The Government will review export quotas it allocates annually to milk processors.

Ex-Feds leader eyes DairyNZ board seat

Chris Lewis says he hopes to bring a farmer's perspective to the DairyNZ board.

Former Federated Farmers leader Chris Lewis is seeking election as a DairyNZ director.

Hard road to recovery

Volunteers from a group of North Canterbury farmers and Lincoln University "Handy Landies" clearing flood debris clogging fences in the Rai Valley.

Some dairy farmers hit by the devastating floods that hit the top of the South Island last month will have a "really tough year" of recovery, says Charles Fergusson, Fonterra's regional head for Canterbury, Tasman and Marlborough.