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Cattle electrocutions anger farmer
A farmer wants TrustPower to check its lines after eight cows died when a 33kV line dropped on his farm.
A farmer wants TrustPower to check its lines after eight cows died when a 33kV line dropped on his farm.
Receivers for the Crafar dairy empire say the request for an injunction stopping the sale is 'unfortunate' and without merit.
Allan Crafar is being uncharacteristically coy about whether he’s been able to come up with money needed to settle his debts, despite earlier assurances that he would.
Real Estate Institute boss Peter McDonald has backed a bid by state-owned farmer Landcorp to purchase the Crafar empire.
Battling dairy farmer Allan Crafar is confident he can come up with the more than $200 million he needs to settle his debts by 4pm today.
Prime Minister John Key will launch his own version of 'Panda diplomacy' in Beijing today.
State-owned Landcorp Farming will meet today to decide whether to bid for 16 farms from the Crafar empire being sold by receivers.
Nearly 90pc of Fonterra's 10,500 farmer shareholders have voted to approve a new share trading plan.
Fonterra's farmer shareholders today voted in favour of the Trading Among Farmers proposal, approving plans to make its stock tradeable among themselves, freeing up capital for new investments.
Fonterra's farmers are voting today on whether to allow trading of shares in the co-op among themselves.