Not Out of the Woods Yet
OPINION: It seems Canterbury processor Synlait is still in the doldrums.
Ballance Agri-Nutrients has started building their new hub in Whangarei, after a pre-dawn ceremony to bless the site yesterday.
Ballance Agri-Nutrients (Ballance) has announced a nationwide programme of sponsorships intended to foster and celebrate scientific and innovative thinking among New Zealand primary and secondary school students.
Fonterra executive, Jason Minkhorst will join Ballance Agri-Nutrients early next year as its new general manager sales.
Farm nutrient supplier, Ballance Agri-Nutrients will pay farmer shareholders an extra $20/tonne in rebate for the 2017 financial year.
Ballance Agri-Nutrients chief executive Mark Wynne says the agri-business sector needs to make sure decisions are based around science and not just emotion.
New Zealand's shift from a pasture-based model to high feed-input dairy farms will come under the microscope in a joint research project.
With predictions the El Nino will continue through summer, Ballance says now is the time to proceed with a pasture and stock feed programme.
OPINION: It seems Canterbury processor Synlait is still in the doldrums.
OPINION: Get offside with New Zealand First leader Winston Peters at your own peril.