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Get down and dirty, you dumb critics
Jail time for 1080 scaremonger
Dairy industry leaders have welcomed the successful prosecution of a businessman who threatened to spike infant formula with 1080.
Tectonic shift erodes Fonterra’s global influence
Fonterra doesn't believe it will take much to change the global dairy market, but it expects very little change this year.
Time for a second green revolution
Banks urged to pass on OCR cut
Federated Farmers has welcomed the Reserve Bank's decision to cut the Official Cash Rate by 25 basis points to 2.25%.
Subsidies keep milk flowing, defy logic
Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard says subsidies and support payments to farmers are partly responsible for the shock rise in global milk production.
NZ loses influence on global prices
New Zealand appears to have lost its ability to influence global dairy prices, says Rabobank analyst Thomas Bailey.
More pressure on farmers — Hoggard
This morning's announcement by Fonterra to drop its forecast payout will lump more pressure on dairy farmers and they will be counting down the days to end of the season.
Industry group well advanced on bobby calf initiatives
The eight organisations that formed a Bobby Calf Action Group at the end of 2015 are well advanced on a range of initiatives ensuring best practice handling and management of bobby calves.
Kinky GE laws need ironing out
Forest owners say kinks in the laws covering the release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) need to be ironed out.