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Fonterra has reduced its 2020-21 forecast farmgate milk price range midpoint by 5c.

Good news for Fonterra farmers: the co-operative has announced an opening forecast farmgate milk price range for the 2021-22 season of $7.25 - $8.75/kgMS, with a midpoint of $8/kgMS.

Climate change activists, who believe NZ is going to hell in a handcart due to the methane emissions from the country's livestock population, will be delighted to learn that these numbers have fallen dramatically.

Fonterra has unveiled plans to overhaul its capital structure.

One of New Zealand’s largest dairy farmers- the Van Leeuwen Group- has been placed into receivership.

Could cow milk from New Zealand help the world fight against Covid-19?

Consumers are flocking back to dairy products as Covid shines the light on health and wellness, says Tom Bailey, the new senior vice president for Southern Pastures.

Demand for dairy will firm over the next two years as  the global economy rebounds from Covid, says Westpac senior agri economist Nathan Penny.

The Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) has paid out almost $124 million in compensation for claims related to the cattle disease, Mycoplasma bovis.

Export lamb and beef prices reached new highs in the September 2019 quarter, while forestry products fell sharply.