When three senior Cabinet Ministers can openly state that they do not see the value of training on their farms, I can only imagine what sort of support they give their trainees as mentors and educators.....
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I have watched with some interest and a heavy degree of cynicism as the madness over milk pricing plays out. Why such credibility is given to dairy companies that compete directly with Fonterra remains a mystery to me. It seems so obvious that they will cry foul and want the price of raw milk dropped so they can pay less for their milk supply and make more money for their shareholders - the majority of whom are foreign investors.
Having just attended the International Farm Management Conference in Methven, I am feeling curiously optimistic about the volatile market place we are now trading our agricultural products in.
I have viewed many employment and farming contracts in my time and am constantly amazed at how many poorly written and illegal contracts exist.
High costs of production and prohibitive farm debts should be making farmers more business oriented than they are often portrayed.
