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OPINION: It was only in 2018 that the Chinese Government embarked on a mission to lift domestic milk production and stop billions of dollars from leaving the country and into the hands of exporters like New Zealand.

While walking through supermarket aisles, young South Auckland entrepreneur Saion Angi decided that there weren’t enough Pacific or Māori products on the shelves.

Waikato farmer Jim van der Poel’s foray into dairy industry governance began 25 years ago with a bang.

Levy-paying dairy farmers are being reminded that they only have a few days left to vote in DairyNZ’s board of directors’ election.

Matt Bolger, the Pro Vice-Chancellor of The University of Waikato Management School, is joining Fonterra’s management team from March next year.

Outgoing Fonterra director Leonie Guiney is satisfied that she’s leaving the farmer co-operative with a stronger balance sheet.

The 2023-24 season has been a roller coaster ride for Waikato dairy farmers, according to Federated Farmers dairy section chair, Mathew Zonderop.

The result of two probes into the supply of bad sire semen to over 1100 LIC farmer customers will be made public next month.

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A group of New Zealand farmers and investors stand to lose millions of dollars following the collapse of one of Chile's largest dairy businesses.