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Fonterra has broken its record for the highest export month with 246,000 tonnes of dairy products loaded on ships during December. The shipments boosted New Zealand's economy by $1.3 billion for the month.
Helping dairying women to take charge of their farms' financial planning will be the focus of a series of practical workshops being held across the country from next month.
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.
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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.
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.
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