RUNNING THE National Fieldays is a 365-day business, says chief executive Jon Calder.

A TAF ‘no’ vote no longer carries the threat of Government intervention.

AUSTRALIAN DAIRY, rice and wine exporters to Malaysia are the biggest winners in a free trade agreement (FTA) signed between the two countries last month.

NEGOTIATIONS ON the Government’s biosecurity response agreement is far from over, says Horticulture New Zealand president Andrew Fenton.

“PLEASE HELP us” is the impassioned plea from Te Puke kiwifruit grower Rob Thode, who says growers feel abandoned.

A farmer-led Canterbury Water Forum will tomorrow challenge environmental preconceptions about farming typified by the front page of today's Dominion Post.

In the biggest decision for Fonterra Cooperative shareholders since Fonterra was formed eleven years ago, voting packs that will define its future started arriving in the post yesterday.

Fonterra's Board will be looking for a clear mandate from the cooperative's 10,500 dairy farmers when they vote on Trading Among Farmers (TAF) on June 25, says chairman Henry van der Heyden.

Milk production is now noticeably dropping off as the season draws to a close. With winter around the corner, grass growth has slowed as both air and ground temperatures drop. Herd condition is very good has we head into the winter months.

DANISH CO-OP dairy processor Arla Foods is shedding 250 jobs in a restructure to remain globally competitive. It is also cutting procurement costs and market research and analysis spending to save NZ$111m (500 m Kroner).