Fonterra, Sharesies join to make share trading easier
Fonterra is teaming up with wealth app provider Sharesies to make it easier for its farmer shareholders to trade co-op shares among themselves.
Fonterra has wisely decided to stall the expensive rebrand of RD1 to Farm Source.
The proposed new shareholder loyalty programme will go ahead as planned, but rebranding of the stores and milk tankers and other such changes to the ‘paint job’ are on hold until the payout recovers.
At the recent South Island field days the new Farm Source brand had replaced the RD1 nameplate, but compared to the bright orange and green livery of RD1, the new branding was almost invisible.
Third-year student Cady Burns has won the Waikato Regional Council Prize in Water Science for 2024.
The Rural Change programme, providing free private mental health professional sessions to the rural industry, is set to continue its next chapter within Rural Support Trust from 1 July 2024.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief executive Sam McIvor will step down in July.
A new report shows farm employers across the dairy, sheep and beef, and arable sectors have continued to invest strongly in one of their greatest assets – their staff.
The country’s 4200 commercial fruit and vegetable growers will vote from May 14 on a new HortNZ levy.