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| Farming 'needs bright kids' |
| Send your dumb kid to law school and put your bright kid into agriculture, not the other way around. |
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Published: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:27 p.m. |
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| Fonterra to review payout after auction price boost |
Fonterra will review its payout to farmers next week after a 13.7 per cent rise in this morning's online auction of whole milk powder.
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Published: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:45 a.m. |
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| High dollar hammers commodity gains |
| International dairy and log prices are up strongly on the back of a global recovery, but the gain is being offset by an even stronger jump in the kiwi dollar, says ANZ. |
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Published: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:06 a.m. |
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| Farmers claim EW double standards |
| Environment Waikato is being accused of double standards after prosecuting farmers for dirty dairying while turning a blind eye to ongoing breaches at Waitomo District Council's sewage treatment plant. |
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Published: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:28 a.m. |
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| Teen bags Australian shearing title |
| Masterton teenager Matene Mason has returned home triumphant after scoring a major surprise shearing victory in Australia at the weekend. |
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Published: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:04 a.m. |
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| Gulf States Free Trade Agreement hailed |
| The Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) has hailed a new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Gulf States. |
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Published: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:52 a.m. |
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| Fonterra shareholders want more info on profits |
| The Fonterra Shareholders' Council has asked the company to provide more information about what it will do with the profits of extra funding it receives from shareholders. |
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Published: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:04 p.m. |
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| Telecom cries foul over TSO changes |
| Telecom Corp, the country’s largest listed telecommunications provider, is crying foul over the government’s proposed changes to the levy put in place to protect rural customers when the carrier was privatised in the 1990s, saying it will lead to less investment in outlying areas. |
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Published: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:34 a.m. |
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| Central Plains Water approval 'stupid decision' |
| An interim decision to approve the revamped Central Plains Water scheme is a "sad day" for the Canterbury Plains, an affected landowner says. |
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Published: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:04 a.m. |
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| Emitters should pay for greenhouse gas emissions - survey |
| Voters think business should pay for their emissions, a new survey shows. |
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Published: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:40 a.m. |
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