DAIRY WOMEN’S Network (DWN) chief executive Sarah Speight is well qualified to encourage other women to ignore ingrained attitudes as they step forward for leadership roles. 

THE DAIRY Women’s Network has now hit    3100 members, growing by 700 in the year to June 2012.

AUSTRALIAN FARMERS are welcoming the Federal Government’s decision to introduce a foreign investment register, announced last week by Prime Minister Julia Gillard at the National Farmers Federation national congress.

BY ALL accounts the upcoming Fonterra board election will be crucial for the co-op. It's the first opportunity for Fonterra shareholders to have a say on board-level governance since the TAF (trading among farmers) vote in June.

IN 1988, farmer George Siemon and six dairy farmer neighbours formed a small cooperative in Wisconsin. Under Siemon’s leadership, CROPP Cooperative (the Cooperative Regions of Organic Producer Pools) has become North America’s largest and most successful organic farmers’ cooperative.

FARMLANDS TRADING Society was considered a daring business model when it set up as a cooperative 50 years ago.

OVER RECENT years the search for pathways that enable new entrants to participate in the primary sector, and existing operations to expand their investments, has prompted development of equity partnerships and syndicated farming businesses.

DO YOU know how much grass your best paddock produced compared to your worst? More importantly, do you know why some paddocks perform poorly?

Industry good body DairyNZ says it has the expertise lined-up and waiting for the development and management of a new Dairy Industry Good Animal Database, should Livestock Improvement (LIC) shareholders approve the transfer of the Core Database this month.

The Breast Cancer CURE Research Trust (BCCRT) is the big winner following a joint fund raising initiative between Fonterra subsidiary, RD1 Ltd and Swazi® New Zealand.

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