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Milk production in New Zealand will rebound by 10% next year to a record high, feeding a recovery in exports – assuming the world’s top exporter gets a break from the poor weather which...

Energy drinks are outselling all other convenience beverage formats in Australia and growing at 19.9% according to Nutraingredients.com. Around US$30 billion (NZ$41.2 billion) worth of investment is needed to “revolutionise” India’s food processing sector....

Retailers and distributors in Europe and the US are outbidding each other to secure scarce cargo space on ships, The Australian reported. A start-up Auckland firm is applying nanotechnology to a fisheries by-product to...

A global lamb shortage equivalent to three-quarters of New Zealand’s production is looming, but the continued erosion of NZ sheep flock means the country is not in a position to satisfy that demand, according...

‘No-additives’, and ‘no-preservatives’ are the most popular clean label claims with consumers, while ‘natural’ struggles because of over-use and lack of definition, according to FoodNavigator.com. Innovative Hamilton agritech company, Simcro has just scooped the...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) is seeking public help for a product recall of a strawberry seed growing kit. Volatility in the New Zealand dollar has cost exporters an estimated NZ$6.6 billion...

Turners & Growers’ red kiwifruit variety is now on sale in Italy, according to Radio New Zealand. South Island icecream maker Deep South is scooping up market share in the North Island – and...

China’s economy expanded by 9.2 percent in 2011 from a year earlier and 8.9 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter, according to ChinaDaily.com. Forecasts are for a GDP growth around 8.5 per cent in...

Germany’s biggest, and the world’s fourth largest container carrier Hapag-Lloyd, has announced it will impose a general rate increase (GRI) of USD$750 per TEU on its Far East westbound services starting from March 1,...

The World Trade Organization ruled Monday that Australia’s 89-year ban on imports of New Zealand apples is illegal, and ordered Canberra to comply with international commerce law. The PLAnet Cup, launched by Melissa Floreani,...