THIS SEASON'S lamb crop will be the second lowest in 55 years.

The meat industry must stop dancing on a pinhead and get serious about protecting the future of beef, sheep and deer farming, says Jeff Grant, a candidate for meat processor Alliance board elections.

WHILE NOT classing his farm as organic, Andrew Fraser believes what you put into the soil is what makes the grass grow. He has always used reverted phosphate products and for seven years has added humates to his fertiliser and feed.

DURING THE last few years, there has been a rise in the number of in-shed feeders being used on New Zealand dairy farms. 

DON BLUMHARDT (Dairy News, November 8) should know better.

GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS hoping to put dairy farmers off palm kernel expeller (PKE) by chaining themselves to boats should think again.

FORMER FONTERRA director Greg Gent is confident the co-op will continue to be a major player on the international dairy market.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand is calling for director nominations and annual meeting remits.

FEDERATED FARMERS is paying tribute to Fonterra chairman Henry van der Heyden, who will step down next year.

THE WEATHER and the transport rules relating to work time are causing frustration for a North Island contractor.