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Fonterra has announced that from September 2010 the globalDairyTrade trading manager, CRA International , will increase the frequency of trading events to twice a month. Kelvin Wickham, Fonterra Managing Director Global Trade, said the increase in frequency was a significant milestone that highlighted globalDairyTrade’s success as an online trading platform [...]

New Zealand’s Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world’s biggest dairy exporter, said international milk prices eased for the second month in a row at its latest auction, although the outlook for prices remained positive.
Fonterra said on Wednesday said its Global Dairy Trade-Trade Weighted Index at its latest Internet auction fell 3.5 percent, [...]

By ALAN KOZIARSKI
FOR the past 40 years the Singaporean government has advocated study hard, get ahead. And it has worked. Exceptionally. But in an economically and environmentally changing world, the government is now highlighting the importance of innovation, implementing a raft of programmes across universities and industries, including the [...]

Fonterra farmers waiting on their second-highest payout in the season just ending have been told their average cheque for next season may soar to record heights - around $1 million each - as the earnings available for payout surges to $8/kg of milksolids, or more.
The cooperative’s existing record amount available for payout [...]

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah could be at the forefront in supplying deep sea fish to the world because of its promising weather and warm waters.David Lyttle, the General Manager of Aquaculture from the Sealord Group Ltd of New Zealand, a deep sea fishing company, told Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman there is an increasing demand [...]

The aquaculture industry is praising the government for agreeing in principle to give Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley the power to override regional coastal plans.
Cabinet has agreed to a range of amendments intended to boost the sector’s earning potential while leaving aquaculture management in the hands of regional authorities.
They include an agreement in principle that the [...]

The World Trade Organisation has lifted a trans-Tasman trade embargo on apples, while Australian apple growers have described information they were in the wrong as “michievous”.
As news is often just a matter of taste, Australian correspondent Amanda Gillies and Samantha Hayes have joined forces to taste-test apples on unsuspecting Australians and [...]

According to Daniel Mathieson, regional marketing manager of New Zealand’s Zespri International, a kiwi fruit a day most definitely keeps the doctor away
Daniel Mathieson, 35, the regional marketing manager of New Zealand’s Zespri International, likes advising people to have at least one kiwi fruit a day to stay healthy.
Based in Singapore, where he oversees Zespri [...]

Farmers’ Markets New Zealand (FMNZ) that represents 50 farmers’ markets from Invercargill to Bay of Islands is supporting it member markets who trade on Easter Sunday. Hamilton farmers’ market was forced to close this Easter Sunday after correspondence with the Department of Labour earlier in the week, saying that they would fine stallholders $1000 each [...]

The 2010 kiwifruit season looks likely to enjoy similar success to 2009, with today’s harvest echoing last year’s early start to the season. Early indications on the volume, quality and taste of the fruit also suggest that 2010 will be another good year for the New Zealand kiwifruit industry.
Some growers began harvesting ZESPRI® GOLD Kiwifruit [...]