Fonterra needs to pay green farmers

Fonterra should reward environmentally-conscious dairy farmers with bonus payments which would provide an incentive for other farmers needing to reduce their footprint.

Mycoplasma bovis: The spread, cost and response

Southland is believed to be the origin of where Mycoplasma bovis first took hold in New Zealand because this is where the earliest known cases of infection have so far been discovered, the Ministry for Primary Industries says.

US dairy farmer eager to take milk products to China

Sitting in the Fair Oaks Farms Café, with a cup of coffee and a plate of sandwich on the table in front of him, Mike McCloskey harbors an ambition in heart: sell his dairy products to China and let Chinese people have access to quality milk.