AN AUSTRALIAN senate inquiry into the supermarket milk price war has left a bad taste among farmers.

THE FIRST BATCH of infant formula from Canterbury processor Synlait Milk goes on sale in Shanghai supermarkets next month.

LANDCORP'S ROLLS Peak Station, just north-east of Taupo, takes you back in time. It's serious hill country that's been stripped of exotic trees and is slowly being developed into a dairy support unit for the SOE's dairy farms in the Wairakei Estate.

C-DAX HAS won a 2011 Innovators Award for the pasture meter it developed with Massey University.

FARMERS ARE converting from sheep and beef into dairy. However, strict regional council rules are putting off some in Manawatu/Rangtikei region.

LABOUR WANTS to increase our agricultural exports in quantity and quality.

Animals are lining up to take part in Whangarei A&P Society's annual Summer Show next month. The show will be held on December 3 and 4 at the Barge Showgrounds.

HOW OFTEN do you get a roomful of dairy farmers, council officials and environmental advocates emerging from their presentations and discussions 95% happy and in positive territory?

MORE FARMERS are buying and wearing helmets when riding quad bikes on their farms, according to Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson.

A NEW farm management tool for veterinarians will better enable them to monitor and improve udder health in dairy cattle.