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8/10/2008 | National Foods and Fonterra have entered into an agreement for Fonterra to acquire the Ski licence and associated intellectual property from National Foods, should National Foods successfully acquire Dairy Farmers.  | NFF to hold its first National ... | Belittle them and they will come
ACCC to authorise dairy price agreements
29/09/2008 | The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is proposing to authorise for five years milk pricing and milk purchasing policies between Dairy Farmers and Australian Cooperative Foods, to enable their continuation following the sale of ACF to National Foods.  | Why free range eggs are not ... | Australian rural lenders remain ...
11c milk levy to be abolished
24/09/2008 | The Federal Government is seeking to abolish an 11 cents per litre levy on fresh milk, with legislation introduced to Federal Parliament today.  | Carbon scheme to hit farming ... | Air seeder Henty's machine of ...
Chinese milk deaths cost Fonterra $139m
24/09/2008 | New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra has been forced to write off $NZ139 million as it slashed by 70pc the value of its 43pc stake in Chinese dairy company, San Lu, which is at the centre of the baby milk tragedy.  | CommentsComments (4) | Murray water pipeline a dud, ... | Trading not the best way to cut ...
15/09/2008 | After four months of relative stability, global dairy commodity prices fell sharply in the closing weeks of August, according to Rabobank.  | Price, performance of 'world's ... | Higher milk prices boost dairy ...
Higher milk prices boost dairy farm incomes
5/09/2008 | The financial performance of Australia's dairy producers improved in 2007-08 in the wake of higher milk prices, according to a new ABARE report.  | Rain saves Wodonga cattle market | Rain keeps coming for Qld and ...
Dairy Farmers posts strong fiscal 2008 earnings growth
1/09/2008 | Dairy Farmers cooperative today posted a strong double digit earnings growth, despite incurring an additional $170 million in costs during the period.
1/09/2008 | The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has obtained orders by consent in the Federal Court in Melbourne against Australian Co-operative Foods Limited in relation to making false representations on the packaging of certain cheese products.
27/08/2008 | Dairy farmers John and Sally Fairley, from Picton, NSW, have taken out the 2008 President's Medal, beating five other fine food and wine producers for the honour of being named the best in Australia.  | Warmer but not wetter spring ahead | Nat Foods pays $910m for Dairy ... | AUDIO: Picton dairy producers take ...
Spring dairy ABVs now available
26/08/2008 | It's sire selection time on dairy farms across the country, with Australian Dairy Herd Improvement Scheme's spring release of Australian Breeding Values now available to producers make decisions about the sires to use over their herds in the coming months.  | Rainfall draws property buyers ... | The big dry: it's not raining ...
Nats Foods the front runner for Dairy Farmers bid
25/08/2008 | National Foods is emerging as the likely winner of the bid to acquire the Dairy Farmers' Cooperative, in a deal worth close to $900 million.  | Season's top price: $140 for ... | High fertiliser prices to slow ...
Brown Swiss cow supreme champion at Brisbane Royal Show
14/08/2008 | A Brown Swiss stud dairy cow from Biggenden, Qld, rewrote the record books on Tuesday, to become the first Brown Swiss cow in history to be named supreme champion dairy cow at Brisbane Royal Show.
Murray Goulburn goes solo in pursuit of Dairy Farmers
12/08/2008 | Victorian cooperative Murray Goulburn is reportedly going to enter a solo bid for Dairy Farmers, despite the collapse last week of its proposed joint venture with Italian processor Parmalat.  | Futuris expects $80-$85m ... | NFF slams Coalition ...
8/08/2008 | National Foods announced today an immediate, voluntary recall of its range of Yoplait Go-Gurt and Smackers tube products as a result of a packaging defect.  | ACCC now looking at Parmalat ... | ACCC won't oppose National ...
Parmalat out of Dairy Farmers race
8/08/2008 | Italian dairy giant Parmalat has advised the Italian stock exchange that its wholly owned Australian subsidiary has withdrawn from a joint ticket with Murray Goulburn Co-operative to bid for Dairy Farmers Co-operative.  | Cutting the carbon hoofprint | Down-Under dairying impresses ...
Sending out for sexed semen
1/08/2008 | Soaring dairy heifer prices are set to go even higher as large family farming operations and corporate investors cash in on rising farmgate milk prices, and sales of gender-biased semen are leaping, as farmers bank on breeding female-only calves.  | ACCC won't oppose National ... | World milk prices remain at ...
1/08/2008 | Bare paddocks taken out of production are a new feature of the northern Victorian landscape. But they represent a significant problem for those who continue to farm.  | Three bidders push Dairy ... | Dairy farmers demand water ...
New dairy industry plan for WA
1/08/2008 | A new plan to capitalise on the bright future for Western Australia’s dairy industry was launched in Busselton this week by WA Agriculture and Food Minister Kim Chance.  | ACCC now looking at Parmalat ... | ACCC won't oppose National ...
28/07/2008 | New research from Cornell University in the United States shows that cows treated with recombinant Bovine Somatotropin make more milk on fewer resources - the net result is those cows reduce their environmental impact.  | CommentsComments (4) | World milk prices remain at ... | Plea for NSW lakes water to ...
28/07/2008 | Cow parking, sacrifice paddocks and split herds have left a visiting US dairy expert scratching his head in wonder.  | Federal leaders shift to give ... | ACCC now looking at Parmalat ...
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