Cut with care
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
Westland Milk finished the season with a 5.3% increase in milk processed on last season, despite the drought on the West Coast.
Synlait Milk plans to raise $75 million new primary capital and will also hold a secondary sell down set at about $45 million.
A Kiwi company with an innovation and technology focus has invented the first ever New Zealand-made electronic milk meter designed to use every milking, every day.
Michael Stein, a former director of quality for one the world's leading companies in paediatric nutrition, will join Synlait Milk as general manager quality later this month.
Westland Milk Products has announced a payout prediction for the 2013-14 season of $6.60 to $7kg/MS, an increase of 60 to 70 cents on the current season.
Home-town hero Richie McCaw knows the milk being delivered to Christchurch's Burnside Primary School children as part of Fonterra Milk for Schools will be top-notch.
Fonterra drivers will now be hitting the roads in 14 brand new Fonterra Milk for Schools themed tankers.
Fonterra is piloting a new 'Guaranteed Milk Price' (GMP) scheme that will provide farmers with more certainty in their milk price.
FONTERRA CHAIRMAN John Wilson says a decision to defer capacity adjustment charges will help drought-stricken farmers.
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OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
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