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TURN OUT for 22 meetings starting this week will be a barometer of the mood for change in the meat industry, claim organisers.
FONTERRA IS comfortable with putting all its eggs in one basket when it comes to trade with China.
THE ANZ Bank’s head of agri and commercial, Graham Turley, says farmers appear to be concentrating on profitability, which will help mitigate some of the Reserve Bank’s concern about the high level of debt in the dairy sector.
ANOTHER RAFT of Government proposals to reform fresh water management is likely to find favour with the farming sector.
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES Minister Nathan Guy, launching the proposals, says the recent drought focused attention on the importance of water to the national economy.
MEAT INDUSTRY Excellence (MIE) chairman John McCarthy says his group wants sheep and beef farmers to return to supplying their meat to the co-operatives
WORKING WITH MAORI trusts to optimise land use in Northland could be worth $715 million in gross output, says Minister for Primary Industries (MPI) Nathan Guy.
A LEADING Maori agribusinesswoman says there’s a myth going around about the so-called ‘potential’ of Maori farming.
FONTERRA HAS reported a great start to milk production, but it may be too early to talk about a record season.
HORTICULTURE NZ’S new president Julian Raine wants to do things differently to get better value for growers.
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THE EVOLVING focus on profitability means having the right people in the right roles is more important than ever.
FINNISH DAIRY processor Valio’s experiment with lactose-free milk 12 years ago had sceptics, even within the farmer-owned cooperative.
ON THE outskirts of Palmerston North, agricultural contractor Paul Linklater is busy, apparently like hundreds of other farmers, cultivating a paddock.
THE TWO major meat cooperatives must build more bridges with farmer owners, says ANZ managing director commercial and agri Graham Turley.
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