Friday, 12 October 2018 11:03

OCD reports strong milk supply

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Open Country Dairy says its four factories are now running flat out to process milk. Open Country Dairy says its four factories are now running flat out to process milk.

The country’s second-largest dairy processor says milk supply has been strong across all regions.

Open Country Dairy says its four factories are now running flat out to process milk.

OCD chief executive Steve Koekemoer told suppliers that the new Horotiu factory is already processing near capacity and the Wanganui factory is breaking its production records this season with new farmers that have come aboard.

“Awarua and Waharoa (plants) are nearing peak and fortunately we have had very minimal  downtime due to our stringent winter  maintenance programmes, he said in OCD’s October newsletter Talk Milk.

“It is that busy time of the year where everyone at Open Country Dairy has their head down and is working as hard as they can to ensure we process every drop of your milk efficiently.”

Koekemoer says OCD’s organic programme is also nearing its first processing date in November after two years of transition on farm and a big upgrade of the  factory to process the milk. 

“It is an exciting venture for our organics team that is focused  on making this a success for the business and our organic farmers in Southland. “We expect our first branded product to be on shelves  in early 2019 and are enthusiastic to see this  sector grow as we prepare for our launch.”

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