Fonterra farmers are emotional but realistic about losing some iconic business units — notably Tip Top, says Fonterra Shareholders Council chairman Duncan Coull.

Selling Westland Milk Products to the Chinese dairy giant Yili may be the right thing but will be the sad end of the cooperative, says Barrytown farmer Richard Reynolds.

A new online tool is part of the quest to eradicate the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.

Making changes to farm management practices, rather than expensive infrastructure, can help reduce greenhouse gases.

OPINION: Environmentalists fall into two categories: wizards and prophets.

Farm sales dropped slightly, according to data released today by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand.

The only dairy farmer forced off his farm by the massive Tasman fire has been able to continue milking despite earlier believing the farm would be too damaged.

Lincoln University and AgResearch will consider separate building options as an alternative to a much-anticipated joint facility building that never got beyond a fenced site.

Fonterra says there’s an urgent need to improve return on capital invested in the co-op by farmers and unit holders.

Fonterra says it has returned to profitability with a net profit of $80m for the first half of the 2019 financial year.