Research

The combination of a shrinking milk pool, increasing geopolitical volatility, and heavy market concentration in China, is placing unprecedented pressure on dairy exporters. Malinda Wynyard’s 2025 Kellogg Report explores the fertile ground for innovation, differentiation and strategic global positioning into emerging markets. Words Sarah Perriam-Lampp.

A Waikato school dairy farm’s tertiary collaboration is proving a successful model for sharing best practice with farmers and bringing on the next generation. Words Anne Lee.

A major rethink of how New Zealand dairy farms feed their animals. Kaitlin Bates says smarter, science-based nutrition may hold the key to dairy’s next productivity and profitability gains. Words Sarah Perriam-Lampp.

A recent Kellogg report explored the growth of Nigerian dairy consumption analysing the impact of socio-economic and demographic variables that will shape future demand. Words Anna Gower-James, Commercial Insights Analyst at Open Country Dairy.

With increasing pressure on food production systems, New Zealand needs to find ways to move forward that are both sustainable and reliable. Words Liz Morley, Research First

Biological products are a rapidly growing market and have their place used alongside good agronomic management, but farmers and growers need to understand the products and know where best to use them in their system. Words Heather Chalmers.

To get the best reproduction results next year means making the right decisions now at dry off. Words Jane Lacy-Hulbert.

Measuring and monitoring key targets leading into spring calving will help keep cows and calves healthy. Words Emma Cuttance

The growth in supply of alternative proteins is likely to have a marked effect on global protein markets and prices. Words Anne Lee.

For Waikato farmer Alan Henderson, maize growing is a key component of his dairy farming operation. Words Heather Chalmers.