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AUSTRALIAN DAIRY farmers have this year fared better than last: world demand for our product is strong, the dollar is a little lower and we look forward to an even better 2014.
LELY HAS further extended its loader wagon range with new Tigo PR loader and silage wagons, replacing the Tigo R Profi model.
NEW EXTRA-WIDE (650mm) chevron-patterned belting on Agriquip’s new Cub Tornado 6000 trailed tandem-axle fert spreader makes the machine ideal for bulky material such as chicken manure, the company says.
WHILE IT IS good news the inquiry into the whey protein incident concludes there was no failure with New Zealand's dairy regulatory system it confirms what we already knew, says Michael Barnett, chairman of the NZ Infant Formula Exporters Association.
FONTERRA CHIEF executive Theo Spierings has welcomed the release of the Government inquiry report into the whey protein concentrate contamination incident.
SYNLAIT MILK expects to outperform financial targets on the basis of a favourable product mix.
THE QUEEN Elizabeth II Trust says the action of a Canterbury dairy farmer who has extensively damaged two rare, covenanted woodland remnants on his farm is “unprecedented” in the trust’s 36-year history. The QE II Trust is charged with protecting rare bush areas.
THE END of milk quotas in Europe from 2015 will add another dimension to the global milk supply, says Fonterra chairman John Wilson.
THE IRISH are coming and they’ll soon be on our patch, says KPMG’s head of agribusiness, Ian Proudfoot, just back from meetings in Ireland with farming leaders and politicians.
THE END of milk quotas in Europe from 2015 will add another dimension to the global milk supply, says Fonterra chairman John Wilson.
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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.
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