Genuine Hipkins
OPINION: At the recent NZ Dairy Industry Awards, opposition leader Chris Hipkins made a surprise appearance.
At least some not-bad news for Fonterra: the co-op has climbed to fourth-largest in the world’s dairy company rankings.
Southland farming leaders and environmental activists have called for a breather in their set-to over winter grazing practices.
Farmgate milk price forecasts remain unchanged despite Fonterra’s decision to not pay a dividend for the 2018-19 season, says chief executive Miles Hurrell.
As well as laying out its new strategy, Fonterra should make clearer how it got into this trouble, says Federated Farmers national vice-president and dairy farmer Andrew Hoggard.
Nominations are open for two farmer director positions on the DairyNZ board.
Former Fonterra director Nicola Shadbolt is happy with the review of the director election process.
Former Fonterra director Nicola Shadbolt says the recent collapse of a few dairy cooperatives should be blamed on their strategy, not their co-op structure.
Tech-shy cockies or stockies wanting a simple, good value tractor should see the Super DT 8860 from Italian manufacturer Landini.
Deutz Fahr 5G series tractors have recently been updated.
Fonterra’s share price has dropped following a bleak market update on its 2018-19 financial results.
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