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Fonterra has appointed a new director.
Dairy Women's Network chief executive Sarah Speight has stepped down from the role.
Federated Farmers President, Bruce Wills, has been appointed to the World Farmers Organisation Board as its Oceania representative. This assures New Zealand a key voice on the peak body representing farmer organisations from more than 50 countries.
The Waikato Regional Council has welcomed a $3 million funding injection from the Government to ensure the long-term protection of Lake Taupo's excellent water quality.
Lincoln University's Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme has extended its welcome, with the course accepting its first Australian participant this year.
The Feilding cattle yards were inundated on Friday as farmers must be thinking now is the the time to offload stock.
30,000 store lambs last week and just under 34,000 today was just too much for the market to handle and prices came back with a thump today.
Farmgate prices lifted in the North Island last week with procurement competition heating up as the kill continues to fall.
The North Island weekly lamb kill dropped 50% in the space of two week as the availability of killable lambs plummets.
Primary industry producers are being encouraged to consider the impact of New Zealand's current constitutional arrangements and how they may look in the future.
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Farmer feedback points to a big turnout of farmers tomorrow for the Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) meeting in Christchurch, says Blair Gallagher, the local organising chairman.
The Waikato Regional Council says it hopes the forecast rain this week will ease pressure on low flows in the Waikato River.
Federated Farmers/Rabobank Farm Employee Remuneration Survey 2013 shows pay levels for most pastoral farm positions have continued to increase. The average farm worker is now earning $5500 more than the New Zealand average annual wage and salary.
Twenty-five sheep and beef farming leaders will attend the first Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Environmental Leadership Forum in Wellington next week.
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