The Fonterra Shareholders Council says today's launch of the TAF prospectus is a tangible result of years of hard work by the co-op and its farmers.

Fonterra has released details of TAF (trading among farmers) which will allow outsiders to invest in the co-op for the first time.

Fonterra has released details of TAF (trading among farmers) which will allow outsiders to invest in the co-op for the first time.

While the 2012/13 season will be tough for farmers, Federated Farmers believes it is not as dire as some commentators say.

SEVERAL HUNDRED hectares of one-year-old pine trees are to be mulched to make way for pasture and then herds of dairy cows. The reason: the low cost of carbon credits and the higher returns from dairying

 infrastructure. One kiwifruit and avocado grower particularly concerned by the proposals is Dermott Malley. “I’ve got 110kv, 50kv, and 11kv lines on my property: the Royal Flush!” he told Rural News.

DIRECTORS OF industry-good organisation DairyNZ are in line for a pay increase.

TO SAY that Fonterra has been through an unsettling time in recent years would be an understatement. Like the global dairy prices, the co-op has seen it all: ups and downs, free-falls and a few spikes in between.

ALLIANCE ROADSHOWS are always must-see events; the recent cooperative meeting at Milton appeared to have the catchy theme ‘too much for too long.’ It was a message most sheep farmers will quickly recognise as our meat industry leaders prepare us for the inevitable drop in schedule prices, when the season gets under way. 

A STUDY looking at the wider implications of cold storing colostrum has given the practice a preliminary all clear.