OPINION: Your canine crusader understands Beef+Lamb NZ and DairyNZ farmer directors up for re-election in the next year or two may have a battle in front of them.

Rabobank and the ANZ Bank agree that the outlook for dairy and meat for the coming year is positive, but both also have some words of warning.

Farmers are saying no to the ETS - that's the clear messge coming through from the He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) climate consultation roadshow, according to DairyNZ and Beef+Lamb NZ.

Fonterra chairman Peter McBride claims there’s been a change in the Government’s attitude towards the farming sector.

Farmers are reluctantly facing up to a levy being imposed on them for agriculture greenhouse gas emissions.

Milk quality is a key driver of value for Fonterra.

Milk cooling affects milk quality: the quicker milk is cooled after milking, the better the quality when it is collected from the farm.

Fonterra has lifted its forecast milk price for the second time in as many months.

Conditions are ripe for facial eczema to become a problem for dairy farmers in the coming weeks, says James Allen, AgFirst.

The Government is providing $700,000 to fund a project to support Māori landowners to invest in New Zealand’s growing sheep milk industry, says Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor.