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Fonterra chair admits bungle over false botulism scare

John Wilson: “We should have handled some things differently.”

FONTERRA CHAIRMAN John Wilson admits the co-op should have handled some aspects of last year’s false botulism scare differently, but he says the co-op’s food safety has been proven world-class.

Farmers accept change is needed

A LARGE and effective network involving farmers is the only way of effecting change in the dairy industry, according to Dr Rick Pridmore, DairyNZ’s strategy and investment leader for sustainability.

Last chance for NZ ownership claims wannabe meat director

Siver Fern Farms' board candidate Fiona Hancox

SILVER FERN Farms’ board candidate Fiona Hancox says if farmers can’t fund the cooperative’s call for capital, then it at least needs to ensure a “New Zealand Inc approach rather than foreign ownership”.

2014 – the rural ratings game: Good, bad and just plain ugly

Lain Jager, showed that Zespri is determined to make good after Psa.

IT'S BEEN a big year for agriculture with the rise and fall – and still falling – of dairying prices. And for the first time in many years, sheep and beef farmers are feeling good – or is it that they know dairy aren’t in such a happy frame of mind? We take a look back on the year to see what was good, what was bad and what was downright ugly…

Familiar name to make a comeback

FARMALL TRACTOR maker Case IH will soon launch a new range – the Farmall C, Farmall U and Farmall U Pro series of utility models.

No excuses for spray drift

WHEN YOUR spray applications drift they can cause thousands of dollars of damage to neighbouring crops and “there’s really no excuse,” says a US scientist now working in New Zealand.

Couple on road to ownership

Fraser Taylor and Kendra Pye new managers at McRae Trust Farm.

A YOUNG farming couple have taken over the reins of a noteworthy Hawke’s Bay farm gifted to the nation almost 40 years ago.

Beef buffers dairy doom

Meat and wool exports expected to rise this season.

HIGHER SHEEP and beef prices seem set to buffer the drop in export earnings from dairying, according to the latest economic update from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

Payout ‘adjustment’ needed

FONTERRA IS ruling out clawing back money from its farmer suppliers despite some being paid more than the latest revised forecast payout.

Whangarei students achieve EPIC challenge

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has congratulated a group of Whangarei school students for their work promoting the primary sector to their peers.