2006 is starting with only minor changes in international dairy fundamentals. New Zealand production is still expected to be down 2 to 3 percent on last year, despite hopes of a late season production rally.

Making minor changes in your lifestyle is doable for most people.

I think anyone looking at this [raft of changes] would say that New Zealand is doing the very best it can, with a small population, to have a very credible defense capability,

I was starting to feel the groove again, and then I had this minor setback, ... But I'm not going to feel dissuaded by my performance. As long as the team wins, that's OK. Unfortunately, they seem to coincide.

Analysis is starting to get done, so this really contributes to what are already strong fundamentals. When you have a catalyst like this it should reaffirm to people that this information does create demand across the board for life sciences products.

There's one more consent agreement and final order to be done with the dairy, and that's expected to be completed this week.