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Tuesday 22 September 2026

Milk

Miraka lifts milk price – again 4th December 2024 /

Miraka lifts milk price – again

Taupō low-carbon dairy company, Miraka, has updated its milk price – again.


Milk powder exports close in on $10bn 27th May 2024 /

Milk powder exports close in on $10bn

Milk powder exports were valued at $9.7bn in the year ended April 2024, according to Stats NZ.


Lindsay Farm organic raw milk recall 29th June 2023 /

Lindsay Farm organic raw milk recall

Central Hawke’s Bay producer Lindsay Farm is recalling of specific batches of its Organic Raw Milk (unpasteurised) as the product may contain Campylobacter bacteria.


Rabobank forecasts $9kg/ms farmgate milk price, but uncertainty continues 24th May 2022 /

Rabobank forecasts $9kg/ms farmgate milk price, but uncertainty continues

Rabobank has forecast a farmgate milk price of $9.00kg/MS for the 2022/23 dairy season, with a ‘fog of uncertainty’ clouding demand.


Raw milk recall after Listeria detected 16th August 2021 /

Raw milk recall after Listeria detected

Real Milk Timaru is recalling batches of its raw milk following the detection of Listeria during routine testing.


Fonterra’s new season production positive 2nd August 2021 /

Fonterra’s new season production positive

Fonterra has started the new season with production up across the board, according to the firm’s Global Dairy Update for July.


Choco, coffee partnerships push Farm Fresh South growth 22nd June 2021

Choco, coffee partnerships push Farm Fresh South growth

A small Southland dairy operator has taken a leaf out of the Lewis Road’s play book teaming up with boutique chocolate and coffee companies to push into the flavoured milk category.


Rabobank joins dairy peers at $8/kgMS 11th June 2021 /

Rabobank joins dairy peers at $8/kgMS

Rabobank has increased its forecast farmgate milk price for the 2021/22 dairy season to $8/kgMS – the same as peers including Fonterra.


Deer milk trial secures $244k from HVN 9th June 2021

Deer milk trial secures $244k from HVN

A clinical trial that could underpin the development of deer milk as a new industry in New Zealand has secured $244,000 of funding from the HVN Challenge.


Raw drinking milk recalled 7th April 2021 /

Raw drinking milk recalled

The Ministry of Primary Industries is recalling raw unpasteurised drinking milk from Central Hawke’s Bay producers Lindsay Farm following a detection of Campylobacter as part of a routine testing programme.


High milk costs in China sees milk price jump 80c 12th March 2021 /

High milk costs in China sees milk price jump 80c

The high cost of producing milk in China had favoured importing New Zealand dairy products.


Lewis Road Creamery launches new flavour 24th February 2021

Lewis Road Creamery launches new flavour

Lewis Road Creamery has launched a new flavour milk creation, Banoffee.