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While dairy faces another tough year, Rabobank foresees a generally strong year ahead for most other agricultural sectors.

The world economy has veered into difficult and dangerous waters, suggesting 2016 will be a long hard year of slow recovery in prices in global food commodity markets, including dairy.

Analysts are now picking a dairy price recovery by the end of the year. Haven't they said that for the last three years?

Federated Farmers says today's signing of the TPP is a significant milestone for the New Zealand economy.

Ian Proudfoot, head of agribusiness at KPMG, gives his predictions for 2016.

The drop in the forecast farmgate milk price from Fonterra will reduce overall dairy revenues by a further $800 million, says DairyNZ.

A drop in fresh milk prices by 14% contributed to food prices falling by 1.3% in the year to December 2015, Statistics New Zealand says.

Farmgate milk price forecasts by at least two banks, ASB and BNZ, have now been hiked upwards to $5/kgMS for the 2015-16 season.

A renowned conservationist says the world and New Zealand is failing to fulfil many of the basic principles of sustainability.

Few trade agreements have generated as many column inches – or as much protest - as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).