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Maori dairy farmers are being urged to enter the BNZ Maori Excellence in Farming dairy competition.
South Island independent milk processor Westland Milk is offering start-up scholarship for tertiary study.
FONTERRA SAYS it’s still collecting 10% more milk than last year, with about 65 million litres/day coming in.
The 2012 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards have received a record number of entries.
DAIRY COMMODITY prices dipped overnight on Fonterra’s GlobalDairyTrade platform with the trade weighted index of all commodities down 1.6%.
FONTERRA IS on the slippery slope towards demutualisation and a board “update” on the cause, the Trading Among Farmers proposal, yet again failed to recognise this, says one of a growing number of shareholders calling for a second vote on the proposal.
FONTERRA SAYS it will present options addressing concerns about some aspects of Trading Among Farmers (TAF) during a round of meetings starting in late January.
Northland students will get free milk every school day from next year as part of a trial for Fonterra's new Milk for Schools programme.
A SOUTH Island dairy consultant believes robotic milking systems have a future in our industry.
A FOURTH supplier has signed up to sell produce through Fonterra’s GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) online auction.
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DAIRY PRICES will continue to fluctuate as economic uncertainty grips the EU and the US, says Fonterra chairman Henry van der Heyden.
HOKITIKA CO-OP Westland Milk Products has reiterated its $6.60-$7/kgMS forecast for 2011-12.
FONTERRA'S NEW director David MacLeod, South Taranaki, has been wired into the dairy industry for over two decades.
THE RE-ELECTION of a National-led Government has boosted Fonterra’s chances of sewing up the TAF (trading among farmers) proposal by the end of next year.
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