Overbearing?
OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the…
YOUR OLD mate, and others, noticed it was Minister Fix-it (notice how Nova-Pay is no longer making bad headlines), the ubiquitous Steven Joyce, whom PM John Key sent in to to sort out the mess at Fonterra.
Fonterra has temporarily suspended operations in Sri Lanka because of "the unstable situation at the moment".
At last, some positive news from Fonterra.
ONE PLANT, two crops: it’s a bit like having your cake and eating it and for New Zealanders it could be reality this summer.
BASF wants to hear from anyone in agriculture with an informed opinion.
Apart from a small selection of mid micron wools, all other types at the South Island sale were between 1 and 4% dearer, New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd's general manager, John Dawson, says.
Federated Farmers has paid tribute to David Shearer, who this afternoon resigned as the Labour leader.
Leaders in the science, education and agriculture sector met to progress plans for the Waikato Agricultural Research Hub.
Lincoln University has launched an initiative to encourage Maori school leavers in Canterbury and the West Coast to train for careers in land-based industries.
An invited presentation from a New Zealand professor on Biological Farming was well received by the Hindu business community and investors from around the world.
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Breaking tails is absolutely unacceptable and has no place in the New Zealand dairy industry, says Federated Farmers, DairyNZ and the New Zealand Veterinary Association following yesterday's conviction of a dairy herd manager in Ashburton.
A MATE of the Hound reckons Fonterra’s new non see-through milk bottles were the perfect metaphor for its less-than-stellar PR performance over the recent whey product botulism issue. Fonterra – rightly – copped plenty of flak about how badly it tried to communicate the issue.
The Government inquiry into Fonterra's botulism contamination must examine the impact budget cuts at the Ministry for Primary Industries had on the food scare, Labour's Primary Industries spokesperson Damien O'Connor says.
The terms of inquiry for the Government's investigation into the Fonterra whey protein concentrate contamination (WPC) incident have been released.
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