Synthetic milk
OPINION: Will synthetic milk derail NZ's economy?
Dairy industry leaders have welcomed the successful prosecution of a businessman who threatened to spike infant formula with 1080.
A new leadership training and coaching course for rural women has passed an evaluation with flying colours.
On the Canterbury plains there's a sea change underway in dairying, a challenge of something new.
Right now many dairy farmers are looking at their costs line by line. Where can they make further savings?
Dairy technology company Numedic Ltd has gained farm dairy effluent (FDE) design accreditation.
Fonterra chairman John Wilson says farmers are very grateful to the co-op for bringing forward dividend payments.
Since their launch, John Deere's 6M series tractors have earned a reputation as great all-rounders.
Fonterra earnings and profit are well up for the first half of this financial year.
Off-road specialist Polaris is about to add to its side-by-side offering.
Fonterra chairman John Wilson says changes to its vendor payment system could have been handled better.
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Total milk production in New Zealand decreased 2% in January compared to the same month last year, says Fonterra.
Fonterra chairman John Wilson says he is absolutely confident dairying will recover back to sustainable pricing levels for farmers.
Fonterra's profit announcement will be small consolation for dairy farmers facing an extended period of low milk returns.
Fonterra Shareholders' Council chairman, Duncan Coull, said today's interim results announcement was in line with forecasts, and the expectations of the council.
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