Milk Glut Drags Fonterra Forecast Down to $9.20/kgMS
A milk glut around the world shows no sign of easing, putting downward pressure on farmgate milk prices for the next few months.
NEW FONTERRA director Leonie Guiney says she is humbled by the farmer support.
Guiney won the Fonterra board elections along with two sitting directors- John Monaghan and David McLeod.
She took up her new position at Fonterra's annual meeting in Palmerston North today.
Guiney, an outspoken farmer from Fairlie, South Canterbury, has attacked Fonterra policies in the past.
She told the meeting that despite having issues with Fonterra's management, farmer shareholders were committed to the co-op.
"They are committed as long as they get a hearing," she says.
She noted that was essential for the co-op to be open for "two-way engagement".
Federated Farmers' new vice president Sandra Faulkner says the issue of adverse events emergency management and infrastructure needs to be taken out of the three-year political cycle.
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Blueberry growers are warning that fresh imports could pose a huge biosecurity risk for NZ’s horticulture sector.
As expected, the US has launched a safeguard investigation into lamb imports, a move that could impact New Zealand sheepmeat returns.
A milk glut around the world shows no sign of easing, putting downward pressure on farmgate milk prices for the next few months.
A pause on Waikato Regional Council's (WRC) plan change that sets new freshwater rules for farming could be announced in the coming weeks.