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Selective breeding for greenshell mussels unveiled

Fran O'Sullivan: Plan to can middle-men milking parents

A major disruptive play will be launched in the Chinese baby formula market in Beijing today which could ultimately have a big impact - some say seismic - on the price paid for imported product by....

Upset farmers dump poo

An ongoing dispute with a North Otago farmer who says he is at his wit's end has landed the Otago Regional Council in the poo - literally.

Fonterra profits fall 16pc

Dairy sector tipped to deal with EU boost

The dairy industry can weather the prospect of increased production from the EU once quotas are lifted on April 1, says the chief executive of the farmer-funded DairyNZ.

Fonterra expected to hold forecast

Economists expect Fonterra to stick with its $4.70 per kg farm gate milk price forecast for 2014/15 when it reports its first-half result tomorrow.

Dairy farmers pin hopes on dividend

Farmers will be looking to Fonterra's dividend to at least partially offset what is likely to be a low farmgate milk price this season after dairy prices fell by 8.8 per cent.

Jamie Gray: Wild swings look like becoming part of the landscape

Just when you thought it was safe to venture into the dairy market, prices drop by 8.8 per cent.

Fonterra 'on track' to hit payout

Fonterra chief financial officer Lukas Paravicini rejects the notion that the co-operative is playing safe in keeping this season's farm gate milk price forecast at $4.70 a kilogram of milksolids.

Fonterra sticks with farmer payout

High country's 'jewel' for sale

The historic Craigieburn Station, in the central Canterbury foothills, has come up for sale for the first time in 98 years.

Forecast brighter for Fonterra

Fonterra's board will have reason for cautious optimism when it meets tomorrow to review its farmgate milk price forecast for 2014/15.

Dairy prices surge at latest auction

Dairy prices posted their fifth consecutive gain at this morning’s GlobalDairyTrade auction.

LIC aims for $1 billion revenue

Livestock Improvement Corp will set off on a "roadshow" in June to sound out its farmer-shareholders about the possibility of raising capital to drive growth.

Economics of cow barns clear as mud

The jury is still out on the feasibility of cow barns for New Zealand farming, according to a DairyNZ study.

Genetics firm's profit up

Livestock Improvement Corp, a farmer co-operative that sells bull semen and provides a dairy genetics database, posted a 10 per cent gain in first-half profit on increased demand for its products and....