The drought in South Canterbury has prompted one non-irrigating farmer in the Opuha Water area to question the irrigation firm’s first-come, first-served water allocation.

The Global Dairy Trade will still have “to travel a lot of distance” to sustain Fonterra’s current farmgate milk price of $4.70/kgMS, Fonterra’s chairman John Wilson says.

The South Island drought has already hit most drystock farmers hard in the pocket and the concern over winter feed is mounting.

A new device which combines robotics, mechanics and chemistry is set to hit the market to combat one of the biggest problems on dairy farms – nitrogen leaching from cow urine patches.

Farmers in New Zealand are starting to ‘cotton on’ to the concept of farming within environmental limits.

Official declaration that the South Island’s drought is a medium-scale adverse event has been widely welcomed by farmers and their representatives.

The mission of mymilk is to “mix it up” with competitors rather than lose that milk, says Fonterra’s chairman John Wilson.

Last night's GlobalDairyTrade auction saw the fifth consecutive gain for dairy prices since December.

Fonterra has commissioned its first wholly owned and operated ingredients plant in Europe.

The Waikato Effluent Expo at the Mystery Creek events centre is turning five this year and it will be bigger than ever.