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Zespri's up and down results

Zespri ruby Red was almost on a par with the previous season.

Up and down but not too bad in the circumstances. That's one way of describing Zespri's final result for the 2023-24 season.

New board member

Rabobank's regional manager for Australia and New Zealand, Mark Wiessing, is joining the bank's NZ board.

'Clip board' council out of touch

Bruce Rollinson says councils should be encouraging resource consents rather than looking at taking them away or reducing them.

Commercial grower Bruce Rollison says he's spending a lot of time dealing with existing regulations and planning to deal with new ones that keep appearing.

Politicians, farmers tussle raises $300k

The rugby and netball games, organised by Federated Farmers, were played at the famous Ngatapa Sports Club in memory of the late Parekura Horomia.

Farmers and politicians clashed on the sports field in Gisborne recently and helped raise $300,000 for Cyclone Gabrielle victims.

Stop closing rural banks!

Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) says closure of bank branches and an increasing reliance on digital solutions are leaving rural businesses and farmers without support.

Call for entries to 2024 B+LNZ awards

B+LNZ chief executive Sam McIvor is encouraging people to enter or nominate a person, innovation or technology.

Entries have opened for the 2024 Beef + Lamb New Zealand Awards.

Synlait forecasts opening base milk price of $8/kgMS

Synlait is sticking to the 2023-24 forecast base milk price of $7.80/kgMS.

Listed milk processor Synlait has announced an opening forecast base milk price of $8/kgMS for the new season.

Fonterra unlocking the power of dairy

Recent research by Fonterra has highlighted the potential benefits of milk phospholipids in improving psychological wellbeing and emotional resilience.

As we raise the glass to celebrate World Milk Day, the team at Fonterra Research and Development Centre marks the day with some positive findings in their recent study.

Let's celebrate World Milk Day!

: Dairy farmers Nic and Kirsty Verhoek and their children Ferguson, Isabelle and Lachlan raise glasses of milk to toast World Milk Day.

Tomorrow (June 1) is World Milk Day.

B+LNZ backs PCE findings

Beef + Lamb NZ has welcomed most of the recommendations in the latest report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) relating to land use change.

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Meat co-op chairman admits capital raise timing 'sucks'

Alliance board chair Mark Wynne admits that farmers are hurting and it was not a good time for a capital raise.

The Alliance Group probably won’t know until mid-way through next season how successful it is in seeking a capital injection from supplying farmers to maintain its 100% farmer-owned co-operative status.

DGC's road to recovery

Leadership changes and a revamped manufacturing strategy are in place to help Dairy Goat Co-operative navigate challenges in the Chinese export market.

A new leadership team and a revamped manufacturing strategy is in place to help Hamilton-based Dairy Goat Co-operative navigate challenges in one of its key export markets, China.