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THE END of milk quotas in Europe from 2015 will add another dimension to the global milk supply, says Fonterra chairman John Wilson.
WESTLAND EXPECTS sales revenue of more than $750 million this season resulting in an operating surplus of $7.60-$8/kgMS before retentions.
THE TRADITIONALLY low-cost pasture-based dairying regions, such as New Zealand, have lost their cost advantage as input prices have risen, says a Rabobank report.
WAITAKI MP JACQUI Dean is pleased with the efforts of farmers around Otago in fencing waterways, as Fonterra announces that 20,000kms of waterways across the country now exclude stock.
MICHAEL SPAANS has been elected as the new director on the Fonterra Board of Directors.
ENTRIES IN THE 2014 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards are running neck-and-neck with last year.
FEDERATED FARMERS has produced a practical all-in-one electronic document to help dairy farmers to navigate and simplify the process to hire migrant workers.
RUNNING AGAINST the diesel-power trend in the SUV market, the new Nissan Pathfinder has a petrol 3.5L V6 producing maximum power and torque of 190KW and 325Nm respectively.
JAPANESE FARMERS, sceptical about a free trade deal, are banking on the Government to exclude the sector from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).
FONTERRA DIRECTOR John Monaghan, who has made himself available for a director’s position with meat cooperative Alliance, isn’t ruling out staying on with both cooperatives should Alliance’s board appoint him.
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ARE OUR primary industries and hence entire economy heading for a fall due to lack of science funding and capability? Quite possibly, judging by papers presented on the first day of last week’s New Zealand Grassland Association conference in Tauranga.
BEGA CHEESE has been given the green light by the competition watchdog to take over Warrnambool Cheese and Butter, but Canadian processor Saputo and Murray Goulburn are still waiting for approval.
DAIRYNZ IS set to almost double the amount of money it spends on helping farmers deal with new environmental laws from central government and regional councils.
WHILE IT’S been fair and fashionable to bag Fonterra for its mistakes over the false botulism scare it is perhaps time to look at the many lessons from this debacle.
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