North Otago farmer Jane Smith is standing for the Ravensdown South Island director seat.

Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand says it backs calls for a review on farm transport rules.

A farm owner and two former Waikato contract milkers were recently fined $27,000 over a lack of feed for 230 cattle and a lack of treatment for cows suffering from milk fever.

Fonterra chair Peter McBride expects a strong mandate from farmers shareholders for the proposed sale of its consumer and related businesses to Lactalis for $3.8 billion.

A fundraising initiative, backed by local businesses, has been organised at ANZ Morrinsville branch to raise funds for the Cancer Society.

Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell says the sale of the co-op’s consumer and associated businesses to Lactalis represents a great outcome for the co-op.

The world’s largest milk company Lactalis has won the bid for Fonterra’s global consumer and associated businesses.

The strain and pressure of weeks of repairing their flood-damaged properties is starting to tell on farmers and orchardists in the Tasman district.

Fonterra has increased its 2024/25 forecast Farmgate Milk Price from $10/kgMS to $10.15/kgMS.

The Government is being warned that some recent bad policy decisions are undermining its target of doubling exports by 2030.