A step too far
OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
THEY SAY one week is a long time in politics, but three weeks is a lifetime in the current dairy industry political environment. The shock exit of Fonterra Shareholders Council chairman Simon Couper confirms TAF (trading among farmers) is not a done deal among councillors.
A TAF ‘no’ vote no longer carries the threat of Government intervention.
The Budget for the 2012-13 fiscal year beginning July 1, continues to forecast a return to surplus before the end of the 2015 fiscal year.
THE IRISH dairy sector has the potential to create 15,000 jobs over the next three-five years, in the process giving a much-needed boost to the Irish economy in exports and in direct and indirect employment.
AUSTRALIAN DAIRY, rice and wine exporters to Malaysia are the biggest winners in a free trade agreement (FTA) signed between the two countries last month.
THE MURRAY Darling Basin Plan designed to return water from irrigation use to waterways in four states of Australia has drawn fire from every stakeholder.
NEGOTIATIONS ON the Government’s biosecurity response agreement is far from over, says Horticulture New Zealand president Andrew Fenton.
AVERAGE SPENDING increases by New Zealand councils are a moderate 3.1% next year – but it’s the forecast 45.5% increase over the next decade that worries Federated Farmers.
“PLEASE HELP us” is the impassioned plea from Te Puke kiwifruit grower Rob Thode, who says growers feel abandoned.
A GROUP of Fonterra shareholders has commissioned a report on hybrid cooperative models because they’re concerned they’re not getting the full story from their own board and management.
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Health professionals with an interest in the rural sector have less than one month to apply for this year's Rural Women NZ & Access Homehealth scholarship, with a closing date of July 1.
Trade policy specialist Wade Armstrong has been appointed one of two government representatives on the New Zealand Meat Board.
Most New Zealanders are townies these days but still value the rural sector. And that's why the National Agricultural Fieldays is such an important annual event, says the University of Waikato's inaugural chair of agribusiness, Professor Jacqueline Rowarth.
A farmer-led Canterbury Water Forum will tomorrow challenge environmental preconceptions about farming typified by the front page of today's Dominion Post.
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