Jamie GrayBusiness Reporter·NZ Herald·22 Jun, 2026 10:16 PM3 mins to read‌DairyNZ's Mark Storey talks to Herald NOW Business about the challenges El Niño poses for dairy farmers. Video / Herald NOW BusinessRecord milk production over the 2025/26 season shows the industry is back in expansion mode, NZX Dairy says.Milksolids collected during the month of May – the last month of the season – totalled 108,730,000kgMS, a year-on-year increase of 5.0%.

The full season result reached 2,026,728,000kgMS, a lift of 4.5%