DairyNZ chair Tracy Brown has outlined six priorities for the next government ahead of New Zealand’s election, calling for durable, evidence-based policies to support farmers’ investment decisions. Dairy exports generated a record $28.8 billion in the year to June, within record food and fibre export earnings of $65.2 billion.

Live water buffalo shipments from Darwin to Indonesia continue at strong levels, supported by demand for animals for fattening and breeding. Commentary from ABC’s NT Country Hour links Indonesian purchases to efforts to broaden protein supplies, stock feedlots and expand smallholder breeding programmes.

Productivity improvement projects at the Lianozovo Dairy Plant deliver annual savings of around 167 million rubles. The Wimm-Bill-Dann facility processes more than 1,500 tonnes of milk per day.

Dairy farmers in Kaikōura have worked with the Kaikōura Dark Sky Trust to reduce light pollution while maintaining safe conditions for night-time work. The collaboration supports efforts to protect the district’s night sky and endangered Hutton’s shearwaters, which can become disorientated by bright lighting.

Wayne Maurice Clarke has been convicted and fined $97,500 over unlawful dairy-effluent discharges at his farm in Te Kōwhai, near Hamilton. Judge Melinda Dickey imposed the penalty in a decision released by Huntly District Court on October 15th 2026.

The Duchess of Gloucester formally opened Rodda’s £6m cottage cheese plant in Scorrier, Cornwall, on Tuesday, October 27. The purpose-built facility expands the creamery’s manufacturing operations beyond the Cornish clotted cream and butter for which it is best known.

Arunachal Pradesh has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) for the supply of locally produced packaged milk. The arrangement will connect the state's dairy cooperatives with procurement by the central armed police force, providing an institutional outlet for their output.

Fonterra’s Directors’ Remuneration Committee has proposed raising chairman Peter McBride’s annual fee by 3% to $528,500. Shareholders will vote on the proposed remuneration increases at the co-operative’s annual general meeting on November 12 at Mystery Creek in Hamilton.