Yahoo!Xtra Business News - Rural http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/financenews/rural/ Rural News en-au Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:53:34 GMT Research and Markets: Dairy Products in India (Business Wire) http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/091124/24/fv0c.html Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/64b32f/dairy_products_in) has announced the addition of the "Dairy Products in India" report to their offering. The Dairy Products in India report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. /091124/24/fv0c.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:01:00 GMT Sustainability perceptions bigger concern than border tax (NZPA) http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/091124/3/fuqa.html Already at risk from countries imposing penal "carbon" taxes at the border, a greater threat to New Zealand exporters could lie in the perceptions of overseas consumers about the sustainability of their goods. /091124/3/fuqa.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:20:44 GMT Allied Farmers names Australia's Resimac as investor (NZPA) http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/091124/3/fulc.html Australia's Resimac Ltd has been named as the new investor in Allied Farmers Ltd. /091124/3/fulc.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:35:20 GMT Fonterra sells stake in European joint venture (NZPA) http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/091120/3/fsml.html Fonterra is getting out of the business that was the cornerstone of New Zealand's multi-billion dairy industry - the British butter market. /091120/3/fsml.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:32:14 GMT Fonterra is selling its 25 percent stake in AFF to former rival Arla NZPA Protesting Indian sugar farmers paralyse capital (AFP) http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/091119/8/fs2y.html NEW DELHI (AFP) - Thousands of Indian sugar cane farmers staged a massive demonstration in the national capital, halting traffic as they demanded higher prices for the crop. /091119/8/fs2y.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:26:40 GMT

Indian farmers eat sugar cane at a huge demonstration in New Delhi on November 19. Thousands of the farmers halted traffic as they demanded higher prices for the crop.

 AFP PM wants Fonterra to make most of opportunities (NZPA) http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/091118/3/frar.html The Government says it wants Fonterra to have a capital structure which equips it to take advantage of opportunities. /091118/3/frar.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:25:09 GMT NZPA Farmers approve changes to Fonterra capital structure (NZPA) http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/091118/3/fqyl.html A vote today to start changing Fonterra's capital structure will be seen by future generations of farmers as a significant step in the cooperative's evolution, says its chairman, Sir Henry van der Heyden. /091118/3/fqyl.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:12:18 GMT NZPA Rural service co signs $400m deal (Newstalk ZB) http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/091117/2/fqoh.html Allied Farmers has signed a conditional $400 million deal with Hanover Finance and United Finance. /091117/2/fqoh.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:19:43 GMT Allied Farmers confirms deal with Hanover Finance (NZPA) http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/091117/3/fqn4.html Rural services and finance business Allied Farmers has signed an agreement with Hanover Finance and Hanover subsidiary United Finance. /091117/3/fqn4.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:10:43 GMT Hanover Finance NZPA Trading halt for Allied Farmers after merger speculation (NZPA) http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/091117/3/fqli.html Shares in rural services and finance group Allied Farmers are in a trading halt, amid speculation Allied is to merge with cash-strapped lender Hanover Finance. /091117/3/fqli.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:42:55 GMT