Milk price certainty
Westland Milk has reaffirmed its commitment to pay farmer suppliers 10c above Fonterra farm gate milk price for the following two seasons.
Westland Milk director Sven Koops has resigned, just two months after being elected to the board.
Westland chairman Matt O’Regan says Koops has resigned for personal reasons.
O’Regan says the board wishes Koops the very best for his future endeavours and thanks him for his service.
The resignation will create a vacancy on the board.
“There are options on how this might be filled, which the Board will consider and advise its Shareholders accordingly,” O’Regan says.
Trade Minister Todd McClay says New Zealand has no intention of backing down in a trade dispute with Canada over dairy products.
There have been leadership changes at the Hamilton-based Dairy Goat Co-operative, which has been struggling financially in recent years.
Horticulture NZ chief executive Nadine Tunley will step down in August.
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Another 16 commercial beef farmers have been selected to take part in the Informing New Zealand Beef (INZB) programme designed to help drive the uptake of genetics in the industry.
Trade Minister Todd McClay says Kiwi exporters will be $100 million better off today as the NZ-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) comes into force.