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FONTERRA IS on the slippery slope towards demutualisation and a board “update” on the cause, the Trading Among Farmers proposal, yet again failed to recognise this, says one of a growing number of shareholders calling for a second vote on the proposal.
FONTERRA SAYS it will present options addressing concerns about some aspects of Trading Among Farmers (TAF) during a round of meetings starting in late January.
Northland students will get free milk every school day from next year as part of a trial for Fonterra's new Milk for Schools programme.
A SOUTH Island dairy consultant believes robotic milking systems have a future in our industry.
A FOURTH supplier has signed up to sell produce through Fonterra’s GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) online auction.
DAIRY PRICES will continue to fluctuate as economic uncertainty grips the EU and the US, says Fonterra chairman Henry van der Heyden.
HOKITIKA CO-OP Westland Milk Products has reiterated its $6.60-$7/kgMS forecast for 2011-12.
FONTERRA'S NEW director David MacLeod, South Taranaki, has been wired into the dairy industry for over two decades.
THE RE-ELECTION of a National-led Government has boosted Fonterra’s chances of sewing up the TAF (trading among farmers) proposal by the end of next year.
A NEW Euro-made crossover is now arriving on Ford dealers’ yards: the Ford Kuga, available in a range-top ‘Titanium’ edition priced at $53,990 (RRP).
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higher intake capacity in the new McHale F5000 baler series gets top mention by its Irish manufacturer who last week launched this new range of fixed chamber balers at Agritechnica, Hanover, Germany.
A NEW Väderstad planter, called Tempo, rapidly and precisely plants maize, corn and sunflower.
WHILE NOT classing his farm as organic, Andrew Fraser believes what you put into the soil is what makes the grass grow. He has always used reverted phosphate products and for seven years has added humates to his fertiliser and feed.
DURING THE last few years, there has been a rise in the number of in-shed feeders being used on New Zealand dairy farms.
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