Last year's drought and this season’s low milk payout haven’t changed anything on Rex Butterworth’s dairy farm in Waikato.

The China-led story about growth in dairy demand is likely over, says Hayley Moynihan, Rabobank’s dairy research director for NZ and Asia. 

Dairy farmers are more popular than they probably realise, says Andrew Fraser, DairyNZ brand manager. 

A challenge for DairyNZ is to engage farmers during the good times – it’s easier in difficult times, says David McCall, general manager R&D.

Milk price volatility can have a silver lining, says Dave McCall, DairyNZ’s general manager R&D.

Irrigated dairy farms can expect nitrogen loss figures to leap when they run the latest version of Overseer.

On the back of declining international milk prices Westland Milk Products has reduced its predicted payout for the 2014-15 season.

New Zealand's horticultural production has exceeded $7 billion for the first time, according to the latest edition of the annual industry statistics publication Fresh Facts.

Two Waikato agribusinesses, Deosan and Waikato Milking Systems, have joined with the province's rugby stars to promote sport in schools.

By the end of this month, New Zealand farmers and growers will have recycled one million kg of plastic containers through the Agrecovery Rural Recycling programme.