Leading herd management company CRV Ambreed, has appointed two new members to its senior management team.

Lincoln University farm management and agribusiness lecturer Guy Trafford is so convinced about the opportunities sheep milk presents he plans to manufacture his own ice cream from it.

The Global Dairy Trade price jump of 9.4% last week was at the top end or bigger than predictions by economists and part of a continued upward swing.

Three more dairy companies – Miraka, Open Country and Westland – are reporting milk flows dipping as dry weather starts to affect grass growth and production, despite reasonable rain in many places in the past week.

Federated Farmers dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard says as shareholder of Fonterra he’s heard “didley squat” about the US cheese licence saga.

For the second year in a row the West Coast is drying out, causing a drop in the milk flow to Westland Milk Products.

Despite dying winter feed crops and increasingly crisp pasture, losses due to the central South Island drought could still be ring-fenced to this season, says a dairy farmer representative in the hard hit region.

The economy is performing well but faces challenges arising from the Chinese economy, says Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler.

Carefully consider feed planning decisions to keep cows in milk while maintaining their condition, advises DairyNZ.

Steve Henderson is the first Grand Finalist to be named in the 2015 ANZ Young Farmer Contest.