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LIC held its annual meeting in Ashburton last week. Chairman Murray King spoke about the challenging times faced by farmers and the co-op's response. Here are excerpts from his speech.
Risk management is an aspect of strategic planning that many farmers are yet to fully use to its potential. It can offer the advantage of a wider perspective on events that might otherwise be a cause for worry.
Millions of people would have been healthier if they had consumed milk rather than used milk substitutes, according to an article in The Washington Post.
Alltech NZ has gained Ministry of Primary Industry registration for its longstanding product Mycosorb, which mitigates the adverse effects of mycotoxin in stock feed.
An international brand expert says New Zealand has a lot of work to do on its international branding.
The French ambassador to New Zealand, Florence Jeanblanc-Risler, opened the first session of the Auckland climate change conference stating, "the world is on track for a robust agreement at COP21 in Paris".
Environment Ministry (MfE) chief executive Vicky Robertson has praised farmers for their efforts to improve the environment.
Dairy farmers focused on doing their bit to improve water quality in New Zealand have made measurable progress in their environmental performance, says DairyNZ.
When you have a hard problem and no solutions you tend to ignore it: that's what New Zealand has been doing about greenhouse gas emissions, says Anders Crofoot, Federated Farmers spokesman on climate change.
Fonterra chairman John Wilson says the 3% drop in last week's GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) event is not a lot in the context of the increases in recent GDT events.
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Get in now before it's too late. That's the advice on water from North Otago Federated Farmers president Richard Strowger.
Six candidates are standing for Fonterra board elections this year.
Shareholders will still have their say on the bid for the board reduction from 13 to nine members, say two sponsors of the proposal.
Fonterra's board will tell shareholders this week whether it supports a contentious resolution to reduce the size of the board.
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