Two big banks have upgraded their farmgate milk price forecasts after a modest gain in product prices at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction.

Today our West Coast cow cocky comments on life after farming, bird's nests and blood pressure.

Fonterra’s COO of Farm Source comments on the GDT result, seasonal production volumes and the Milk for Schools programme paying real dividends.

International dairy prices improved slightly at this morning's Global Dairy Trade auction, gaining by 1.4 per cent since the last sale early this month.

Taranaki dairy farmers Rachel and Kenneth Short say despite a potential increase in forecast milk price, they won't be making any

More kids are consuming at least the recommended minimum amount of dairy following the supply of a daily drink of milk in schools, new research has found.

Whole milk powder, is expected to rise at this week's GlobalDairyTrade auction after two consecutive declines, according to traders.

The final report of a five-year study into the use of quality beef genetics in a dairy beef supply chain was released this week, confirming

The antitrust regulator released its draft report on Fonterra's 2016/17 milk price manual, which for the first time includes sales outside GDT...

Fonterra's strategy of shifting more milk, quicker, into the value-added side of the business is gaining momentum after getting off

A dairy farmer's quick thinking helped save a family home from being devastated by fire.

The ground has been broken at the site of a new milk powder factory near Gore, although a company is yet to be contracted to build

Federated Farmers Dairy Chair Andrew Hoggard caught up with Dom George to talk all things dairy.

Dairy prices have registered their first fall in the headline GlobalDairyTrade index since July, following a price surge over the

Two adjoining sheep and beef farms near Invercargill will be converted to dairying this season to create the Southern Dairy Hub. The

ASB Rural Economist Nathan Penny talks the highs and lows of the dairy industry with Dom George.

The Fonterra Chairman talks GDT results, the Governance vote and...cocaine??

The decline is the first in five auctions.

Positive vibes in the dairy industry?

Rural lending specialist Rabobank expects farmgate milk prices to lift towards the low $6.00 per kg mark, up from its previous forecast

Rabobank dairy analyst Emma Higgins reviews the bank's latest Dairy Quarterly Report and makes a stunning $6 call for the 2016-17 season.

A slump in dairy and beef exports and higher than expected imports have left a $1.26 billion trade deficit...

European farmers scaled back their milk production in June, the first time they've done so since March 2015, Fonterra Cooperative

New Zealand's trade deficit widened to the biggest monthly gap since September 2014 as dairy and meat exports slumped in August. The

The ongoing strength of the New Zealand dollar continues to undermine most agricultural exporters in general.

Our freelance rural commentator comments on Silver Fern Farms, Fonterra, global warming and teaching townies to grow veges.

DairyNZ Chief Executive Dr Tim Mackle caught up with The Country Early Edition's Dom George to review the week in dairy. Like many

New Zealand milk price futures have fallen in the wake of the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction.

Does good news for Fonterra mean good news for Theo? Jamie Mackay asks John Wilson the tricky questions...

The raised milk price forecast of $5.25 per kilo of milksolids is past the estimated break-even and will be good news for farmers.