The revenue range/kgMS of New Zealand’s dairy companies is remarkably wide -- from Tatua’s $18.58 to Fonterra’s commodity return of $5.81 -- says a new report on the dairy industry.

Open Country Dairy (OCD) is the benchmark commodity processor and Tatua the benchmark value-added processor, says TDB Advisory.

As now widely reported, dairy markets are in a somewhat balanced phase.

Demand for Plasback’s on-farm recycling service is growing so fast in Canterbury that the regional collector, McCarthy Contracting Ltd, now has a truck devoted to the task full-time.

Switching to organic farming is paying off for a Waikato farmer.

Cathy Oakley had to be cajoled into entering her Just Ewe Farmhouse sheep milk cheese in the New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards, but it paid off.

The outlook for the coming dairy season is positive with prices stable and lifting slightly, several economists say.

Fonterra stands to benefit from a potential exodus of farmer suppliers from Australia’s largest dairy processor.

Dairy prices have risen for the fourth consecutive auction in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade event.

Restrictions on advertising of antibiotics will not necessarily lead to a reduction in usage, claim academics.