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OPINION: The Free Speech Union is taking this one too far.
FONTERRA CHAIRMAN Henry van der Heyden is to get a 27% pay rise.
FORMER FONTERRA director Greg Gent is confident the co-op will continue to be a major player on the international dairy market.
NEW FONTERRA chief executive Theo Spierings says the co-op is looking at the viability of a custodian to hold shares under TAF.
FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS will not get another vote on the co-op's controversial proposed share trading scheme –TAF.
IN AN historic 'first' for a utility, the new Ford Ranger has gained a maximum 5 Star rating under the Euro NCAP crash test protocol.
KIWI RALLY driver Hayden Paddon recently set more fastest-stage times in the production class at the Rally of Spain, though he had to be content with eighth in the class.
SAVE ONE hour per day baling, promises John Deere as it launches its JD 900 Series variable chamber round balers – for the 2012-13 season.
FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE and 'glide steer' elelvates Kubota's GR2120R 21hp ride-on mower far above other such machines, says the New Zealand company.
NO SELF-RESPECTING rural contractors would want to be thought of as soft-handed now, would they?
EARLY SPRING and summer the thinking turns to topping to keep pastures growing but not developing seed heads.
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A NEW farm management tool for veterinarians will better enable them to monitor and improve udder health in dairy cattle.
IT’S POSSIBLE to rear good quality, young stock without resorting to drenching. Success depends heavily on avoiding early exposure to the autumn larval peak, and grazing strategies must revolve around that.
ANIMAL HEALTH and productivity problems are being addressed on an Ashburton dairy farm by the use of fertiliser made by Abron, a company based at Waharoa, Waikato.
‘CRANKY COW’ syndrome is a growing problem often overlooked by Australian dairy farmers, said a speaker at a field day in south-west Victoria.
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