Dreams aren't plans
OPINION: Milking It reckons if you're National, looking at recent polls, the dream scenario is that the elusive economic recovery…
DAIRY AND cropping farmers are being encouraged to develop better business relationships and understand each other’s position when dealing in grain.
Jo Bills
After a long period of relative stability, helped in part by increased frequency of auctions, it has been an action-packed month for the GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) platform.
WESTLAND MILK Products chief executive Rod Quin says the DIRA Bill as it stands disadvantages his co-operative. But he says he is broadly supportive of it.
FONTERRA HAS told the primary production select committee it is 'broadly supportive' of the DIRA Bill and says it's pivotal to its future.
FEDERATED FARMERS says it wants the DIRA Bill to be very clear and unambiguous.
FONTERRA HAS come under fire from its competitors at the primary production select committee hearing into the Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill (DIRA Bill).
AUSTRALIAN FOOD company Freedom Foods Group Ltd is to build a new milk processing plant to cash in on growing demand in Asia.
BRITISH FARMERS are crying foul over a 4c/L drop in farmgate milk price.
ONE OF the most important and, to some, controversial pieces of legislation affecting the dairy industry moved yet another stage last week.
OVER THE past three-and-a-half years, we’ve successfully steered New Zealand through the domestic and global recessions we inherited in 2008.
More...
COLOSTRUM BASED products to be made at a new $10 million New Image Group plant in Auckland are an example of “more of where New Zealand’s primary industry is going,” says Trade Minister Tim Groser.
NEW ZEALAND needs to “run like a hare” to take advantage of our FTA with China before other countries negotiate their own, Trade Minister Tim Groser told Dairy News.
THE KAPENGA M dairy farm has a simple philosophy: maintain ownership and grow its people’s expertise in farming.
BULLS BRED to meet the special requirements of farmers milking once a day (OAD) could be available in New Zealand within the next five years.
Milking It
Fatberg
OPINION: Sydney has a $12 million milk disposal problem.
Popular Reads
Massey Ferguson launches new MF 5M Series tractors
Massey Ferguson has announced the introduction of the MF 5M Series, offered over six horsepower steps from 95 maximum hp,…
Alliance offloading 70% stake to Irish meat company - report
Irish meat processor Dawn Meats is set to acquire a 70% stake in Alliance Group, according to a report in…
Urgent action needed to restore Waikato lakes' health
Waikato is home to a diverse range of lakes, and experts say they urgently need better management and restoration.
