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Nice speech, but...

OPINION: Publisher Stuff and lobby group Federated Farmers both like to preach about their respective high-minded virtues – Stuff, about “funding journalism”, Feds about “supporting our farming communities”.

More stockfood options on menu

Swap Stockfoods has opened a new site in Christchurch.

Swap Stockfoods has operated in the South Island for a while now but has opened a new site in Christchurch that will give more stockfood options to farmers in Canterbury, the West Coast and further north.

Miraka picks up awards

Miraka general manager milk supply Grant Jackson (left) and outgoing chief executive Richard Wyeth with the awards.

Taupo-based Maori dairy company Miraka took the top honours at this year’s Biosecurity Awards.

Wyeth ready for new challenge

Richard Wyeth, Westland Milk Products' new chief executive-elect says he is looking forward to running the company.

The chief executive-elect of Yili-owned Westland Milk Products Richard Wyeth says he’s looking forward to the challenge of running the company.

RCEP trade deal - no big gains for dairy

Dairy processors say direct market access gains from RCEP will be "modest".

While the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement last week is being hailed as a positive move, the reality is that its benefit to the dairy sector is limited.

Dairy demand tipped to firm

As countries gradually get on top of Covid and the global economy rebounds in the coming years, dairy demand will firm up, says Nathan Penny, Westpac.

Demand for dairy will firm over the next two years as the global economy rebounds from Covid, says Westpac senior agri economist Nathan Penny.

Nonsense rule irks West Coasters

Some parts of the West Coast can get up to three metres of rain per year.

The government's new freshwater regulations are creating a few headaches for West Coast dairy farmers, according to DairyNZ South Island head Tony Finch.

No outbreak, says MPI

MPI's Mycoplasma Bovis Programme Director is assuring farmers that the increase in the number of cases is expected for this time of year.

Stuart Anderson, Ministry for Primary Industries Mycoplasma Bovis Programme Director, is assuring farmers that a recent increase in confirmed infected farms is only to be expected at this time of year.

Bovis Nightmare

The mental anguish of dealing with bureaucracy is the hard part of managing a Mycoplasma bovis infection, says Mid-Canterbury farmer and self-appointed advocate for the victims, Duncan Barr.