A little book of memories from early 2007
Sometimes you find things that you have forgotten all about. Nearly three years ago I made a little book for my eldest daughter. For some reason I never passed it on to her - but there it was full of little comments and photos taken on the little Kodak camera that I still have despite now having a digital c

I hate calves and roads!
One of those days the other day. Wake up get the kids ready for school. The kids get on the bus and all is well...not. Inaya comes screaming back into the house that two of our calves are on the road???? WHAT! How in heck did they little toads get out onto the road I roared stomping on my leaky

CHANGES TO JUDGING CRITERIA IN DAIRY AWARDS
19 November 2009CHANGES TO JUDGING CRITERIA IN DAIRY AWARDSOrganisers of the 2010 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards have changed the way judges evaluate some criteria in the Sharemilker of the Year and Farm Manager of the Year competitions.National Convenor Chris Keeping says that since entries had opened on November 1, organisers had received significant interest in the changes that have been made to the human resource management section in both contests and the financial management section of the farm manager contest.The Dairy Awards runs three awards – the Sharemilker of the Year, Farm Manag

Decisive Fonterra result hailed
18 November 2009 Decisive Fonterra result hailed Federated Farmers is hailing Fonterra’s decisive capital structure result as a victory for the cooperative model. “At just under 90 percent, it’s a decisive and overwhelming statement for the future of Fonterra,” says Willy Leferink, Federated Farmers Dairy vice-chairperson. “Having attended the annual general meeting, it was clear

The future of perpetual compensation for power lines
18 November 2009 The future of perpetual compensation for power lines Federated Farmers has successfully negotiated a ‘sunset clause’ with Transpower that opens the way for future annual compensation payments when productive land is lost to transmission line projects. “Farmers are all amped up over the prospect of future ongoing compensation payments,” says Phil York, Federated Farmers electricity spokesperson.