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The Dairy Women's Network will develop the country's first leadership programme specifically for women working in the dairy industry using a $180,000 grant from the Ministry of Primary Industries' Sustainable Farming Fund.

Fonterra has appointed a new director.

Dairy Women's Network chief executive Sarah Speight has stepped down from the role.

Eighteen months after announcing plans to radically scale back organic milk contracts, Federated Farmers is cautiously optimistic about Fonterra's announcement it is renewing supply contracts for organic dairy farmers in the lower and central North Island.

A new rail link into Fonterra Darfield's site opened today and is expected to carry 200,000 metric tonnes of milk powder in its first year of operation.

Fonterra has announced a half-year net profit of $459 million, a 33% increase over the previous year.

Fonterra has lifted its 2012-13 forecast payout to $6.12/kgMS.

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday met with John Wilson for a tour of a South Auckland dairy farm and also visited its Te Rapa manufacturing site.

A programme launched last year to help dairy farmers cut energy costs, is open to more recruits.

BEL Group business manager Justine Kidd from Waipukurau was named the Dairy Woman of the Year this week at a gala dinner held by the Dairy Women's Network in Nelson.