Fonterra slashes forecast milk price, again
Fonterra has slashed another 50c off its milk price forecast as global milk flows shows no sign of easing.
OPINION: Last week, Greenpeace lit up Fonterra's Auckland headquarters with 'messages from the common people' - that the sector is polluting the environment.
And probably eager to claim that people involved in the dairy sector support their misguided campaign, Greenpeace roped in a mythical 'Gail'.
A Greenpeace statement said that these messages included that of 'Gail', who apparently said "With a dairy farm background I feel sad our dairy industry continues to pollute".
Is that the best Greenpeace could muster, someone claiming 'a dairy farm background'!
And just for the record Fonterra farmers are one of the most environmentally efficient in the world.
Additional tariffs introduced by the Chinese Government last month on beef imports should favour New Zealand farmers and exporters.
Primary sector leaders have praised the government and its officials for putting the Indian free trade deal together in just nine months.
Primary sector leaders have welcomed the announcement of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and New Zealand.
Dairy farmers are still in a good place despite volatile global milk prices.
Legal controls on the movement of fruits and vegetables are now in place in Auckland’s Mt Roskill suburb, says Biosecurity New Zealand Commissioner North Mike Inglis.
Arable growers worried that some weeds in their crops may have developed herbicide resistance can now get the suspected plants tested for free.