The Government and the commercial pork industry have committed to a partnership to strengthen biosecurity, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy announced today.
Average prices paid at today’s Fonterra dairy auction fell by 8.9%, compared with those recorded at the event held on July 1, with an average selling price of $3,309 per tonne.
A record payout to New Zealand dairy farmers last year is setting the stage for a global milk glut that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. predicts will last half a decade.
Fonterra is seeking four Hokkaido dairy farms to take part in a study to increase the efficiency and profitability of grassland dairy farming in Japan.
In the first six months of the year New Zealand has used only 42% of its 228,254 tonne tariff-free quota allocation for exporting sheep meat to the European Union (EU), according to EBLEX.
New Zealand's Fonterra Dairy Co-operative plans to procure a key ingredient used in infant milk formula from Britain's Dairy Crest, a person familiar with the matter said, in a move that will allow it to cut production of low-margin cheese.
New Zealand is to align its food packaging with Australia by introducing a new "health star rating" labeling system that gives an easy-to-read guide to the nutritional value of the contents
CHEP showcased new global innovations in fresh produce merchandising at the Produce Marketing Association Fresh Connections conference in Auckland today.
New Zealand and Singapore are to jointly invest in a series of collaborative research projects on the development of food products with proven health benefits
New Zealand dairy giant, Fonterra has requested that Danone’s claim for damages from the botulism scare in 2013 be delayed until arbitration proceedings in Singapore are finalised.
New Zealand dairy group Fonterra has appointed Kelvin Wickham, who is currently President Greater China, to the newly created position of Managing Director Global Ingredients.
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited has reached a settlement with NZX in relation to the continuous disclosure of information during the precautionary whey protein concentrate (WPC80) recall in August 2013.
Exports from the country's Primary Industries (agriculture) have reached record levels this year; the pig and poultry sectors are growing slowly and are small compared with the dairy, red meat and wool industries.
Goodman Fielder has announced that it will be spending NZ$27m to expand and upgrade it ultra-heat treated (UHT) milk plant in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The much publicised $100m upgrade to SPC Ardmona’s Shepparton plant could be in jeopardy after councillors denied the fruit processor exclusive access to a road that is allegedly crucial to the project.
New Zealand’s richest man, Graeme Hart is potentially looking to sell SIG Combibloc Group, the world’s second largest maker of drink cartons, for close to US$5 billion.
