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Why has the Australian dairy industry gone down the path of pushing its farmers into flattening their milk supply curve when there is no real need to do this?
The financial system is still sound but housing, dairy, and bank funding costs remain key risks, according to the Reserve Bank’s latest six-monthly Financial Stability Report.
The Commerce Commission has signalled it plans to look at details as to how Fonterra will include non GlobalDairyTrade sales in calculations for the milk price.
Primary Industries Ministers Nathan Guy and Jo Goodhew have welcomed Fonterra's announcement that it will be investing $240 million to build a new mozzarella plant at its Clandeboye site in South Canterbury.
A new $240 million mozzarella plant announced today will double Fonterra’s capacity to produce its revolutionary individually quick frozen (IQF) mozzarella.
Farms are expected to benefit from experimental work by the Department of Conservation and Fonterra as they jointly trial floating wetlands in Waikato.
DairyNZ's extension manager Andrew Reid says there’s some truth in the suggestion that a whole generation of farmers have never relied solely on grazing their cows on grass.
Fifty three students will take part this week in a three day agricultural careers "taster" course at Taratahi in the Wairarapa.
Fonterra's new Lichfield, South Waikato, dryer is the largest in the world, co-equal with the Darfield D2 dryer in the South Island, says the co-op’s chief operations officer, Robert Spurway.
The global supply/demand is beginning to rebalance, says Fonterra chairman John Wilson.
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Fonterra chairman John Wilson says former PM John Key was a great supporter and advocate of the dairy industry.
Bay of Plenty farmer Donna Smit says she is “thrilled to bits” at her election to the Fonterra board.
Expect more flak from politicians and others as New Zealand moves into general election mode, says Federated Farmers Dairy chair Andrew Hoggard.
Kaikoura's dairy farms are back in business, a convoy of tankers having resumed milk collection exactly three weeks after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake cut off all road access.
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