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Eleven candidates will contest three Fonterra board seats this year.
The Commerce Commission is calling for submissions to the draft report it has released on its first statutory review of Fonterra's milk price manual.
Nominations will soon open for the 2013 Dairy Woman of the Year award which includes the chance to attend the year-long Women in Leadership course run by Global Women.
The Dairy Women's Network membership is up 30% in the last year, growing by 700 members from 2400 to 3100 at the end of June this year.
Meat processors have enough cattle to kill for the capacity that is on and prices have been steady to slightly weaker as a result.
HB show week is traditionally a busy week for many and none more so than the auctioneers and yardies at Stortford.
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Fonterra has appointed the establishment board of FSF Fund Management Company Ltd, the manager of the Fonterra Shareholders Fund.
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