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US retail giant Wal-Mart Stores says it will build a dairy processing plant in Indiana to supply in-house milk to about 600 stores.
It is the retailer’s first foray into food processing in the US. This is bad news for US processor Dean Foods, which supplies Wal-Mart’s in-house milk. Wal-Mart confirmed that Dean Foods would continue to supply some of its in-house white and chocolate milk to other Wal-Mart supermarkets and Sam’s Club membership-based wholesale stores. The retail giant is the largest grocer in the US with at least 5000 locations. Australian supermarket giant Woolworths will be sitting up and taking notice.
Two butcheries have claimed victory at the 100% New Zealand Bacon & Ham Awards for 2025.
A Taupiri farming company has been convicted and fined $52,500 in the Hamilton District Court for the unlawful discharge of dairy effluent into the environment.
The Climate Change Commission’s 2025 emissions reduction monitoring report reveals steady progress on the reduction of New Zealand’s climate pollution.
Another milestone has been reached in the fight against Mycoplasma bovis with the compensation assistance service being wound up after helping more than 1300 farmers.
The Government’s directive for state farmer Landcorp Farming (trading as Pamu) to lifts its performance is yielding results.
The move to bring bovine TB testing in-house at Ospri officially started this month, as a team of 37 skilled and experienced technicians begin work with the disease eradication agency.
