Misguided campaign
OPINION: Last week, Greenpeace lit up Fonterra's Auckland headquarters with 'messages from the common people' - that the sector is…
The change of government is rattling farmer confidence, according to the latest Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey.
Plan now how you will manage for drought this summer, says DairyNZ.
Most farmers are satisfied with their banks, according to the latest Federated Farmers Banking Survey.
Farmers supplying milk to Fonterra under contract will now have up to nine years to be fully ‘shared up’.
Waihi farm owners Jean and David Mansfield like running their business their way.
A major new initiative to improve safety in farming has been launched by Landcorp, branded Pamu Academy.
Canterbury dairy farmers are putting money where where their mouths are and playing their part in helping to improve water quality, says Canterbury dairy leader Tom Mason.
Fonterra farmers are confident their co-op was right in issuing a precautionary recall of infant formula four years ago.
Farmers and sharemilkers are reminded to update existing business agreements as they face joint liability for meeting upcoming changes in respect of their using palm kernel (PKE) as feed.
A “hint of conservativeness” can be detected in Fonterra’s updated forecast on the farmgate milk price last week, says ASB’s senior rural economist Nathan Penny.
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Dairy goats, like meat and fibre goats, need good feed.
Milk processor Synlait has opened a new $37 million Wetmix kitchen, doubling infant formula production at its Dunsandel plant.
While Fonterra’s first quarter revenue is up 4% on the same period last year, sales volumes are down 20% to 3.9 billion liquid milk equivalent (LME).
Fonterra has dropped its forecast milk payout for this season by 35c to $6.40/kgMS.
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