09:56am Mon 16 May, 2016
Edgecumbe's Thomas Chatfield is the 2016 New Zealand Dairy Manager of the Year, taking the title at the industry's prestigious awards night in Wellington on Saturday. The... Read More
09:00am Mon 16 May, 2016
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited today confirmed it will pay part of its forecast final dividend earlier, to support farmers during a time of extremely tight... Read More
08:31am Fri 13 May, 2016
Fonterra has launched its new global foodservice brand, Anchor Food Professionals, aimed at helping cement the co-operative's position as a leader in foodservice.... Read More
11:48am Wed 11 May, 2016
After nine years of consecutive increase, the number of dairy cattle in New Zealand fell to 6.5 million in 2015, Statistics New Zealand reports today. ''The dairy... Read More
09:04am Wed 11 May, 2016
Stevedores worked through the night at the Port of Tauranga, loading 6114 pallets of kiwifruit on to the largest vessel Zespri has ever chartered for Asia. Today... Read More
11:01am Tue 10 May, 2016
The battle against fruit fly incursions has taken another step up with the signing in of an operational agreement to reduce the damaging impacts of the insect on... Read More
01:31pm Sun 08 May, 2016
The global demand for organic milk has been dramatically underlined by Fonterra's opening 2016-17 season forecast for its organic suppliers of $9.20 per kilogram... Read More
10:55am Sun 08 May, 2016
An insect devastating Northland feijoa crops is just a 'bad bag of fruit' away from ruining the much-enjoyed autumn fruit in Nelson/Tasman. The arrival of the pest... Read More
09:46am Fri 06 May, 2016
A customised Isuzu D-Max 4x4 double cab smokechaser that's due to arrive in the country this month is destined for the Coromandel. It will be the first of its kind... Read More
12:31pm Sun 01 May, 2016
Some of region's best young fruit growers will converge on Tauranga to put their skills to the test. Mills Reef Winery will be playing host to the Bay of Plenty... Read More
12:52pm Fri 29 Apr, 2016
Zespri has found that there is 'no risk to consumer health” after concerns of grease being found on some of its kiwifruit tray liners. Around 1.7 million trays... Read More
01:38pm Wed 27 Apr, 2016
Despite tough seasons, dairy farmers have stepped up and made significant progress on meeting their environmental commitments to New Zealanders, according to a new... Read More