The politics of farming
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Unity and the Vote
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If you want to purchase the right to one vote within Fonterra, you can do so for $4520. Purchasing rights within Fonterra will now be easi...
FONTERRA GOVERNANCE HAS FAILED TAF
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When farmers voted to investigate the possibility of a TAF market in 2010, the vote was underpinned by the conviction that farmer members h...
TAF and critical thinking
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The basis for my concern for the TAF proposal is that the governance of Fonterra appears to lack critical thinking and therefore rational j...
Saturday, February 11, 2012
What is the Government doing with DIRA?
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The Government has failed the people of New Zealand with their DIRA review. This legislation is not about taxing those with surplus incom...
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Controlling the Cooperative
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The key difference between a cooperative and an investor-owned company is that a cooperative is a business owned and operated by its m...
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Does the treatment of the Organic suppliers herald the introduction of Farmgate Pricing?
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My concerns about the Fonterra decision to axe Organic milk from New Zealand are not so much the decision, but rather the way it was handl...
Saturday, September 17, 2011
The Role of Redemption
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Redemption risk. Two very dangerous words if you believe the rhetoric from Fonterra. But what is redemption risk and what function does it p...
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