by admin | Apr 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dairy farm sales are down 10 percent in the first quarter of this year, with the price of dairy and other grazing land lower than it was a year ago. Only 48 farms were sold compared with 86 for the same period last year. However horticulture was strong in Hawkes...
by admin | Apr 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Fonterra is losing farmers to its competitors, with the co-operative’s market share running at about 85 per cent last year, down from 96 per cent when it came into being back in 2001. Chairman John Wilson says there has been anecdotal evidence of loss of...
by admin | Apr 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Mixed reaction to Fonterra’s first major governance overhaul in 15 years, with agribusiness commentator Professor Jacqueline Rowarth suggesting the plans could distance the company further from its farmers. Fonterra’s plan is to drop too directors from the board...
by admin | Apr 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Fonterra’s is recommending its board’s size be cut from the current 13 members to 11. The recommendation comes in a first draft of suggested changes to its governance structure. After more than 200 farmer meetings and road shows around the country to...
by admin | Apr 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
The cost of the Ruataniwha water storage project in Hawke’s Bay is now approaching the billion dollar mark. The new figures are in The Butcher report commissioned by the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, and it predicts economic activity around the dam...
