Farmers' call
OPINION: Fonterra's $4.22 billion consumer business sale to Lactalis is ruffling a few feathers outside the dairy industry.
According to the New Zealand Dairy Statistics report, dairy sector production held strong in the face of difficult climate conditions throughout the 2022/23 season.
Dairy farming leader Richard McIntyre claims LIC has fallen short of its moral obligation to farmers, who recently received bad sire semen from the herd improvement company.
Genetics may be one of the tools Fonterra farmers can tap into to reduce on farm emissions, according to LIC.
Herd Improvement company LIC is paying out over $2 million this week, as compensation for supplying some dairy farmers bad sire semen.
Herd Improvement company LIC has apologised to dairy farmers and is offering financial compensation to those impacted by a bad batch of sire semen.
Murray King stepped down as LIC chairman at the co-op’s annual general meeting this month. He gave this final speech to LIC shareholders at the AGM in Ashburton.
Herd Improvement company LIC’s earning guidance has taken a hit as this season’s forecast milk price for farmers continues to plummet.
OPINION: Think co-operatives and some of our biggest agribusiness companies – Fonterra, Zespri, Alliance Group, Silver Fern Farms, Farmlands, LIC, Ballance, Ravensdown and Tatua – come to mind.
OPINION: Fonterra's $4.22 billion consumer business sale to Lactalis is ruffling a few feathers outside the dairy industry.
OPINION: Finance Minister Nicola Willis could have saved her staff and MBIE time and effort over ‘buttergate’ recently by not…