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OPINION: Reckless action by Greenpeace in 2024 forced Fonterra to shut down a drying plant for four hours, costing the co-op…
DairyNZ has created a series of fact sheets to provide farmers with access to the latest information on effluent and nutrient management.
The North Island lamb kill is beginning to lift off seasonal lows and this will begin to happen in the South Island as well over the coming weeks.
Wool prices were firm to slightly easier overall at the North Island wool sale this week. The NZ Wool Services International Coarse Crossbred market indicator was down 4c to $3.74/kg and the Fine Crossbred market indicator eased by 6c to $4.47/kg.
Waikato Innovation Park Board chief executive Derek Fairweather is stepping down to take on the top role at Dairy SolutioNZ.
Helping women who work in the dairy industry manage during stressful seasons will be the focus of a series of practical workshops being held across the North and South Islands in November.
FARMERS IN the Horizons region say they could deny access to their properties to members of Fish and Game as a result of its stance on the infamous One Plan and the recently announced decisions on it from the Environment Court.
FONTERRA CHIEF executive Theo Spierings is expected to announce this week that the co-op’s annual revenues have for the first time exceeded $20 billion. The achievement caps Spierings first year at the helm of the co-op.
“WHEN FONTERRA sneezes a lot of people [may not] catch a cold but it makes a lot of them shiver,” says David Minnock an Irish dairy farmer from Co Offaly, west of Dublin. He was referring to the fact that when Fonterra auction prices drop, his company is quick to alter its prices as well.
FARMERS IN the central and lower North Island are numbed, bewildered and frustrated by the One Plan outcome in the Environment Court.
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JAMES MORRISSON’S recent article* is illuminating on cooperative purpose. It reminds us a cooperative exists first and foremost to serve its members, in Fonterra’s case to ensure the highest possible percentage of milk value ends up with the farmer.
THE MILK payout used to be the main driver of the farm property market, but not anymore, says Bayley’s country property specialist, John Barnett.
ABOUT 25% of dairy farms will “have significant liquidity risk” this year on current forecasts for costs and milk price, says DairyNZ senior economist Matt Newman.
AS THE soil starts warming up over the next few months, farmers will be preparing to fertilise their paddocks. For business efficiency and environmental protection it’s important to bear in mind the risks of applying too much fertiliser, and applying it in the wrong place or at the wrong time.
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