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Fonterra director David MacLeod is retiring from the board after serving six years.
Greenpeace has called for Cantabrians to join a peaceful civil disobedience demonstration against ‘big irrigation’.
Struggling Australian co-op Murray Goulburn has sold part of its milk processing and manufacturing to a Victorian company.
European dairy co-op Royal FrieslandCampina says the milk price paid to its farmer shareholders rose 27% during the first half of this year.
Fieldays will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year with the theme ‘Future of Farming’.
One sitting Fonterra director has not been endorsed by the co-op for the upcoming board elections.
European co-op Arla Foods says its half-year revenue is up 3%.
Fonterra's online dairy sale platform is looking at a joint auction for European dairy products.
When Canterbury dairy farmer Alister Body became a DairyNZ director 12 years ago, he was motivated by his desire to be part of industry decisionmaking.
DairyNZ says a fall in the number of dairy conversions in Canterbury signals strongly that fears of a big rise in dairying there are unwarranted.
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Sodden pastures could become a major feed issue for lower North Island farmers even after the rain stops and growing conditions improve, says Agriseeds agronomist Laura Akers, in Manawatu.
Federated Farmers dairy chairman Chris Lewis believes most farmers are now compliant with new rules on handling bobby calves.
Labour's proposal to impose a water tax on irrigators will lead to more intensive farming, says IrrigationNZ chief executive Andrew Curtis.
BNZ is sticking with its $6.75/kgMS milk price forecast – or perhaps a little more – while the ASB says $7/kgMS could be on the cards if rain persists.
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