Although the National Party ended election night the largest party by a healthy margin, its margin wasn’t big enough (unlike 2008, 2011, and 2014) to make its return to the Treasury benches a foregone conclusion.  

The bouquet of the week goes to the unfairly maligned dairy sector, in particular the initiative shown by Federated Farmers and the Primary ITO.

Rabobank’s latest Global Dairy Quarterly says global prices appear to have peaked in the current cycle.

An incentive scheme to get suppliers to the Taupo-based Miraka dairy company to produce better quality milk and adopt best-practice systems is producing stunning results.

Three bank economists see a risk of downside to farmgate prices from last week’s GDT auction where the overall price index dropped 2.4%.

Fonterra chairman John Wilson says weather conditions over spring will be crucial to this season’s milk production.

Waikato milk processor Tatua will use retentions to grow its cream and protein based value-added products, says chief executive Brendhan Greaney.

The recent political blowtorch on farming is affecting the morale of younger farmers, says Ngatea farmer Mark Townshend.

The dairy industry has launched an ambitious scheme to encourage young New Zealanders to make careers on farms.

The Ministry for Primary Industries says it is not surprised that a seventh farm has been confirmed as infected with the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis, following a positive result on a fifth property of the Van Leeuwen Dairy Group on October 2.

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