While dairy remains the biggest export earner for the NZ primary sector, it is facing some challenges in the coming two years.

Open Country Dairy suppliers have received a final payout of $7.37/ kgMS for milk sent to the factories in October and November last year.

Following two consecutive Global Dairy Trade (GDT) price rises this year, overall prices now sit at their highest since June 2023.

The absence of Chinese processors at dairy auctions is failing to keep global prices down.

A co-operative touted as New Zealand's only 100% farmer-owned organic milk producer has gone bust.

The result of two probes into the supply of bad sire semen to over 1100 LIC farmer customers will be made public next month.

OPINION: Hill Country farmers and foresters have common concerns about regulations and climate change.

Tributes have continued to flow in for Warren Parker, who died suddenly just after Christmas.

Farmer lobby Federated Farmers is hopeful that live animal exports look set to return with the election of the new coalition government.

Milk processor Synlait claims that despite a poor financial result, it delivered several sustainability successes in the last financial year.