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OPINION: A Hamilton dairy company has been found guilty of making false and/or misleading representations as to the place of origin of the dairy ingredients used in some of its ghee products.
The charges filed under the Fair Trading Act arise from Milkio Food Ltd’s use of the FernMark fern logo and licence number (FernMark Logo) in circumstances where FernMark had not licensed the use of the logo on the products in question (Buffalo ghee), or had done so on the basis of untrue information being supplied by Milkio (cow ghee).
The Commerce Commission says Milkio has pleaded guilty to 15 charges and will be sentenced this month.
OPINION: Groundswell's opinion of the incumbent farm industry representatives isn't high.
OPINION: After hogging the media limelight for telling a NZ Chinese MP to "go back home", Winston Peters has decided to focus on a domestic issue - oil and gas drilling.
OPINION: With fuel prices soaring, one would have expected most farmers to be reclaiming excise duty on petrol.
OPINION: The world's first floating dairy farm, once hailed as a vision of farming's future, is up for sale after seven years.
DairyNZ deputy chair Cameron Henderson has been re-appointed unopposed for another term.
Farms across the upper North Island are trialling different pasture mixes as part of a research programme that aims to build greater resilience into farming systems.
Election years are always a concerning time for farmers, according to DairyNZ chair Tracy Brown.
The Ballance Farm Environment Awards are coming to the West Coast of the South Island.
Most dairy regions around the country have had a pretty good season so far says Tracy Brown.
OPINION: It seems Canterbury processor Synlait is still in the doldrums.
OPINION: Get offside with New Zealand First leader Winston Peters at your own peril.
