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Fonterra CEO Theo Spierings' salary freeze offer too late, farmers say
2015-10-01 07:22:30| Food - Topix.net
Fonterra boss Theo Spierings' salary has been frozen at his own request, but he will still qualify for major bonuses on top of his salary. Spierings requested the freeze for the 2015-16 year at a meeting of the company's people, culture and safety committee on September 21. That was the same day Fonterra confirmed 230 more jobs were going, adding to the 523 staff already made redundant in July.
New Copa President Outlines Top Priorities for Farmers
2015-09-30 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - Copa has elected a new President, Martin Merrild from Denmark, to lead European farmers for the next two years, with top priorities including a cut in red tape and better prices for farmers.
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Farm Tours Connect Farmers and Customers in Saskatchewan
2015-09-30 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The CEO of Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan says the Taste the Land of Living Skies Farm Tours have proved to be highly successful in connecting farmers and ranchers with their customers, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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Government Shutdown: Devastating for Family Farmers and Rural America
2015-09-29 21:51:55| National Farmers Union
By Roger Johnson, president, National Farmers Union Weve been here before. Two years ago, an early October blizzard the Atlas storm buried western South Dakota in three feet of snow, killing tens of thousands of cattle and wiping out entire herds. Ranchers, devastated, looked to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for help.
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Farmer's invention to go into production next year
2015-09-29 11:41:57| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Ben Dillon, a farmer and inventor from the Logansport area, stands in his "museum," the pole barn where earlier generations are stored of a machine he's developed combining the tasks of a combine harvester and a grain truck. It's where Dillon grew up and where he returned to work after college and a few years with a different business.
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