Dairy unity
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Store lamb numbers eased back at Temuka this week but the prices headed in the other direction as the lambs coming forward were much heavier than last Monday.
There has been a decent lift in export lamb prices on the spot market as procurement competition lifts up a notch. Some companies lifted prices by 15c/kg this during last week.
The 11 finalists competing for the 2013 New Zealand Farm Manager of the Year title are split between contract milkers and farm managers – as well as age, experience, and farm size.
Registrations of interest have opened for DairyNZ's popular Progression Groups taking place nationwide in 2013.
Use of DNA sequence technology by farmer cooperative Livestock Improvement (LIC) has led to the discovery of a recessive small calf gene - opening the door to managing small calf syndrome out of the dairy industry.
The Dairy Women's Network will develop the country's first leadership programme specifically for women working in the dairy industry using a $180,000 grant from the Ministry of Primary Industries' Sustainable Farming Fund.
The first container of Fonterra Milk for Schools packs for the South Island has left Auckland, with support from Mainfreight and Pacifica Shipping.
Fonterra is piloting a new 'Guaranteed Milk Price' (GMP) scheme that will provide farmers with more certainty in their milk price.
Wayne McNee, currently the director-general of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), has been appointed chief executive of dairy farmer cooperative Livestock Improvement (LIC).
Fonterra has announced senior management changes in its Asia Pacific Middle East Africa (APMEA) business unit, including the departure of the existing managing director APMEA and the appointment of a new managing director for Australia.
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ONE OF the world’s biggest dairy companies has broken ground on a site for a factory in the South Island.
AUSTRALIAN SUPERMARKETS are ravaging all dairy products and this will get worse, an expert commentator predicts.
ONE OF the most anticipated speakers at the DairyNZ Farmers Forum in Hawera is Joan Baker, a succession planning expert.
FONTERRA CHAIRMAN John Wilson says a decision to defer capacity adjustment charges will help drought-stricken farmers.
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