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SYNLAIT HAS appointed Mike Lee to the newly created role of general manager sales reporting to the managing director Dr John Penno.
SEVEN COMPANIES joined New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) at the 12th World Dairy Expo and Summit in Xi'an, China, over the weekend.
HAVING ADEQUATE storage to stop effluent being sprayed on to pasture at the wrong time is starting to become the new normal for Waikato dairy farmers, says the author of a report to Waikato Regional Council's environmental performance committee.
Food company Goodman Fielder will spend $27 million on upgrading its UHT milk plant in Christchurch.
ST PETER'S School, Cambridge and Lincoln University have announced a new joint venture that will replicate in the Waikato the hugely successful demonstration dairy farm that the University and its partners operate in Canterbury.
DAIRYNZ is again seeking aspiring directors who are interested in taking up an opportunity for an associate position on its board.
THE DAIRY industry will need 2300 more, and better qualified, workers by 2025, says the Ministry for Primary Industries.
AGRESEARCH CHIEF executive Tom Richardson denies claims that his organisation is “haemorrhaging scientists” as a result of a massive restructuring to locate most staff at campuses near Massey and Lincoln universities.
THE COMMERCE Commission has released a paper outlining the proposed process and timeline for a review of Fonterra's base milk price calculation for the 2013/14 dairy season.
APPLICATIONS ARE now open for Fonterra farmers to lock in a price for a percentage of their milk.
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Export lamb schedule prices increased last week, however this weeks short kill week will look to keep prices steady. Numbers on the line are enough to keep the shifts busy and
there is no real pressure on processors at this stage for serious competition.
DAIRY INDUSTRY bodies support move to ban manual blunt force trauma as a routine method for euthanising calves.
SYNLAIT HAS reduced its forecast net profit after tax by about $7.5 million in this financial year.
DAIRYNZ IS RUNNING 19 StockSense events in June and July to help farmers prepare for the calving season.
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