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FEDERATED FARMERS Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard has described the lowest auction in five years as "a blow to the industry" as hopes of a lift or at least continued plateau in prices were dashed.
PARTICIPATING IN the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards has turned dreams into reality for the 2014 New Zealand Farm Manager of the Year, Nick Bertram.
THE ASB has revised its milk price forecast to $4.70/kgMS after prices in the GDT fell 3.1% overnight, with whole milk powder prices falling 5.1%
MILK PAYOUT to Fonterra suppliers is under more pressure after this morning's Global Dairy Trade auction results.
THE DAIRY Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) the NZ-Korea FTA agreement will result in elimination of tariffs on the vast majority of dairy tariff lines over reasonable periods.
GROWTH IN dairy exports from some major exporting countries has slowed, says Fonterra.
FONTERRA CHAIRMAN John Wilson says 'solutions not problems' is the way the co-op works to support its farmer shareholders.
DAIRYNZ IS setting up heifer-rearing focus farms to help graziers.
A STEADY stream of containers loaded with UHT milk are now leaving the Miraka dairy factory near Taupo heading for the China market.
FONTERRA SHAREHOLDERS Council says it backs the co-op's decision to pay a lower milk price last year than the price calculated in accordance with the milk price manual.
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A MOTION calling for Fonterra to halt its expansion strategy until milk payout recovers has been defeated.
IT'S THE stuff animal breeding sales representative dream of - selling 70,000 semen straws in a season.
ENTRIES FOR the 2015 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards close at midnight this coming Sunday 30 November 2014.
OUTSPOKEN SOUTH Canterbury farmer Leonie Guiney has been elected to the Fonterra board.
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