WHAKATANE farmer Douglas Bull makes no apologies for being a champion of dairy cooperatives.
DAIRY WOMEN’S Network (DWN) chief executive Sarah Speight is well qualified to encourage other women to ignore ingrained attitudes as they step forward for leadership roles.
THE DAIRY Women’s Network has now hit 3100 members, growing by 700 in the year to June 2012.
FONTERRA CHAIRMAN Henry van der Heyden says the $8.2 million paid out to former chief executive Andrew Ferrier is not a ‘golden parachute’ deal. It is instead related to Ferrier’s performance during his eight-year stint at the co-op.
DAIRY INDUSTRY leaders are certain about one thing: uncertainty in the global dairy market.
FARMERS IN the Horizons region say they could deny access to their properties to members of Fish and Game as a result of its stance on the infamous One Plan and the recently announced decisions on it from the Environment Court.
FONTERRA CHIEF executive Theo Spierings is expected to announce this week that the co-op’s annual revenues have for the first time exceeded $20 billion. The achievement caps Spierings first year at the helm of the co-op.
FEDERATED FARMERS has slammed the Environment Court for the changes it’s made to Horizons Regional Council’s controversial One Plan. It warns dairy farmers could be forced off their land by some of the new rules.
A2 CORPORATION pays a premium for its A2 milk of 8-10% above the farmgate price of standard milk, says managing director Geoff Babidge.
NEW ZEALAND infant formula exports to China face growing scrutiny.
LAST SEASON’S stupendous production, in particular autumn’s awesome output, saw Fonterra ship a record 620,000t of product in the fourth quarter, 36% more than last year.
WAIKATO MILKING Systems NZ Ltd has won a multi-million dollar bid to supply Chinese dairy giant Mengnui with 13 rotary milking platforms – a big thumbs up for Kiwi agricultural technology, says Waikato’s chief executive Dean Bell.
THE 2012-13 milk season is off to a flying start.
Former Fonterra chief executive Andrew Ferrier has been named the new chairman of the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise board.
With estimates that 70-75% of the world's population may be lactose intolerant and with total milk, yoghurt and cheese consumption at over 200 million tonnes in 2011, lactose free dairy products represent a substantial opportunity for dairy manufacturers.