Synthetic milk
OPINION: Will synthetic milk derail NZ's economy?
Synlait Milk has landed the agribusiness award in the Sensational Selwyn Awards, which recognise business excellence in the Selwyn District, Canterbury.
The Fonterra Shareholders Council is welcoming the appointment of John Wilson as the chairman elect of the Fonterra board.
FOR newly-appointed RD1 managing director Jason Minkhorst, it feels like a homecoming.
FONTERRA IS the fourth-largest dairy company globally in Rabobank’s rankings released last week but the bank expects vigorous competition in the coming year as companies ‘jostle’ to position themselves for changing markets.
Not many men can claim that, at the age of 19, they decided to take up a career in complete contrast to family tradition and move to the other side of the world.
A NEW infant formula, made from New Zealand milk, has been launched in China.
AS FONTERRA’S Kauri factory in Northland kicked into gear on July 5, the cooperative was finishing off $100 million of maintenance upgrade nationwide.
AUSTRALIAN FARMERS are welcoming the Government’s release last week of a National Food Plan green paper.
EIGHTY PERCENT of dairy farmers are known to regard succession planning as a top priority, but only 10% do anything about it. This telling revelation came to light at a recent Massey University seminar.
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AS 2012 is the UN International Year of Cooperatives, stories of successful farmer-owned co-ops can be found all over the internet, underscoring the fact that successful cooperatives are found not just in New Zealand but all over the world. For the New Zealand story take a look at www.newzealand2012.coop.
HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN breeders Wayne and Leeanne Taylor are humbled that their cow, Muritai Dalton Wattle EX 17*ET is the inaugural 2012 Valden cow of the year.
WILL TRADITIONAL wintering systems on crop be sustainable under nutrient loss limits?
WINTER IS traditionally a good time for planting trees as soil temperatures are low and the roots can more easily acclimatise to any new environment they’re planted in. So it’s timely to talk about how using trees to create shelterbelts on farms can provide a range of environmental, economic and animal welfare benefits.
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