Farmland security
OPINION: Paranoia about foreigners is at an all-time high in the US and attention is now turning to foreign-owned farmland.
While Fonterra seems to be putting a brave and optimistic face on the economic headwinds facing the dairy industry, the cooperative's optimism and the bare facts don't seem to align.
European dairy cooperative Arla Foods is receiving more milk from farmers than ever before.
West Coast farmers have spent at least $8 million on conservation efforts to improve the water quality of Lake Brunner.
South Island dairy farmers will get the chance to attend the popular New Zealand Association of Ruminant Nutritionists (NZARN) profitable dairy farming conference for the first time in February.
The New Zealand dairy industry is not latching on to increased demand in Asia for liquid milk.
'Talk to your banks' is the message to South Island farmers facing continued drought conditions from the New Zealand Bankers' Association (NZBA).
Fonterra's milk collection across New Zealand last month dipped 3% compared to the same month last year.
Like a lot of dairy farmers, I am pretty happy about farewelling 2015, and looking ahead to a New Year with better prospects and farmgate milk prices.
The fact that the World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference reached some agreement in Nairobi was both pleasing and relieving.
Expect the volatility in the international dairy market to be around for some time.
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This tough year is the time for young people to get the foot in the door to sharemilking, says Feds sharemilker chairman Neil Filer.
Banks have cut their farmgate milk price forecast after another drop in the GDT price index last week, albeit minor at an overall 1.4%.
'Farmers stealing from farmers' is how dairy farmer David Quigley describes thieves stealing 36 of his premier milking cows in night-time raids in December.
Fonterra is welcoming the Government's move to lift restrictions on trade with Iran, a key butter partner.
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