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NEW ZEALAND YOUNG Farmers vice-chairman Cam Lewis (right) was runner up at the recent trans-Tasman Rural Ambassador competition in Feilding.
THE COMMERCE Commission is taking three major banks, ANZ, ASB and Westpac to court over the selling of interest swap contracts to rural customers.
LEADING providers of bovine genetics Alta and CRV have agreed to collaborate in their North American Holstein genetic programs.
ANOTHER TWO Meat Industry Excellence group-backed director candidates have been elected to a meat company board making it three from three for the reform lobby.
ALLIANCE SHAREHOLDERS have voted for change on their board with Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) group-backed candidate Don Morrison, Gore, elected by a narrow margin.
USUALLY one would expect fireworks at a farmer co-op annual meeting. But with the forecast payout at an all-time high and the company doing well, Fonterra’s annual meeting in Invercargill last month was a mere formality.
GET YOUR hard hats ready. Those keen to denigrate dairy have a new stick to beat it with: a study of tree loss in the Waimakariri District of Canterbury.
THE CABINET has signed off on the (Government Industry Agreement) Deed which Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says will be an important tool in strengthening New Zealand's biosecurity.
By Jeanette Maxwell, Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre chairperson.
WITH ALL THAT is going on in the red meat industry right now it is important to reflect upon how we got here and what we as farmers want for our industry. Amidst all this uncertainty and panic, rash decisions can be made. My point being, this is not a time to jump on life rafts, this is a time to assess your values before looking for a solution.
THE GOVERNMENT has accepted in principle all 29 recommendations in the first stage of the Government inquiry into the whey protein concentrate contamination incident.
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HOLDING THE forecast farmgate milk price and lowering the dividend to 10c was a practical decision given the unusual market conditions says Fonterra Shareholders' Council chairman, Ian Brown.
FONTERRA IS maintaining its forecast farmgate milk price at $8.30kg/MS for the 2013/14 season.
SHOULD YOU be tweaking inputs as you, or your machines, traverse your paddocks?
STEPHEN AND Jane Hayes run 348 sheep and 734 cattle on their 583ha property near Kaeo, just north of the Bay of Islands. For the past three years they’ve been Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Far North monitor farm during which time they’ve lifted gross farm revenue $43,850, not to mention having better pasture covers and stock condition across the farm.
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