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The Fonterra Shareholders Council supports the co-op board's decision to hold another vote on TAF.

Labour's primary industries spokesperson Damien O'Connor says the second TAF vote must be "comprehensive and democratic".

Fonterra shareholders will get a second vote on the proposed Trading Among Farmers (TAF) on June 25.

The Government has approved the sale of Crafar Farms to Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin.

The South Island's last independent supplier of fluid milk says that permeate – a byproduct of milk processing which Fonterra admits routinely adding to their blue top products – makes milk less healthy and less tasty, and its use should be declared on the label.

While US based CareerCast may have found melancholic American dairy farmers and even more depressed 'lumberjacks', the primary industry downunder is upbeat and fizzing.

Dairy Women's Network is seeking two, new independent trustees to join its board. The additions will take the registered charitable trust from a board of eight to 10.

Farmer royalty will gather this month to acknowledge the best breeding brains, and bulls, in the country.

Leading experts will be sharing their insights at the second DairyNZ Farmers' Forum to be held in Hamilton on May 23-24.

The big winners at the 2012 Southland Dairy Industry Awards are newcomers to the province, who share common interests and business strengths.