Jim Mulhern, chief executive of National Milk Producers Federation in the US, on the crucial trade agreements shaping the future of dairy.

The dairy outlook is more rosy and positive than New Zealand producers may have been feeling about it, says US Rabobank global dairy strategist Mary Ledman.

The potential for organics in New Zealand is being viewed as huge because of dairy farmer competence and excellent growing and market conditions.

The US states Texas and California are being targeted by Lewis Road Creamery for its specialty butter.

PETA is at it again. It has rolled out Carly the cow to US schoolchildren, telling them of the complex emotional lives of cows and their suffering at the hands of dairy farmers and the wider industry.

The US Government is rolling out US$12 billion worth of aid to farmers caught up in trade wars, triggered by President Donald Trump.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can no longer ignore the growing demand that it enforces its own regulations against fake dairy foods.

New Zealand’s flagship dairy brand NZ Milk Products (NZMP) is making inroads in the US market.

Experts are echoing the Prime Minister John Key’s concerns about Trans Pacific Partnership under a Trump administration.

The US sharemarket has “largely priced in a Clinton victory”, says the NZIER, but what impact would an upset win to Donald Trump have on our economy?