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Dairy industry representatives are joining Primary Industries Minister David Carter as he visits India to promote trade relations.
While debate continues to swirl around environmental issues and dairy farming, Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean says farmers were not the only ones contributing to the country's water quality issues.
The Fonterra Shareholders' Council has recommended farmers do not vote in favour of the shareholder proposal which is to be put forward at the annual meeting in December.
Hundreds of women who work in the dairy industry will be tackling some of the big issues that affect today's farmers when they get together at the Dairy Women Network's annual conference in March 2013.
IrrigationNZ says last minute changes to the Land and Water Forum's Third Report, 'Managing Within Limits', have weakened its integrity.
Fonterra has welcomed the third report of the Land and Water Forum and its goal of a "fair efficient and accountable" framework for deciding freshwater objectives.
DairyNZ says the key to managing water quality limits is collaborative decision-making at a catchment level.
Primary Industries Minister David Carter and Environment Minister Amy Adams welcomed the release of the third and final report of the Land and Water Forum (LAWF).
Fonterra Studholme, the co-op's newest site in south Canterbury, has broken a record already – producing a 924 metric tonnes (MT) of whole milk powder in one week.
Despite lower farm sales in the three months to the end of October compared to last year, the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) expects a lift this month.
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AsureQuality has started a major expansion of its food testing laboratory in Christchurch.
Shareholders in farmer cooperative, LIC, have voted in favour of transferring the core database to industry good organisation, DairyNZ.
Fonterra has welcomed changes to the Raw Milk Regulations that address most of the cooperative's concerns about the rules around eligibility to regulated milk.
Fonterra has won its battle to get a limit on how long other large independent milk processors are entitled to access Fonterra milk.
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