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OPINION: Westland Milk may have won the contract to supply butter to Costco NZ but Open Country Dairy is having…
Our cousins across the ditch could soon run out of fresh milk.
Not everyone is impressed with the $500,000 fund announced by the Government last week.
Another dairy company, with partial Chinese ownership, is under fire for claiming the Government’s wage subsidy during COVID-19.
The dairy industry must lift its game if it wants to play a role in revitalising New Zealand’s bruised economy, says Northland farmer and founder of HerdHomes animal shelter Tom Pow.
New Zealand Young Farmers (NZYF) has appointed Sam Waugh as the farm manager of its 74ha dairy farm in Auckland.
The country’s second-largest milk processor is warning its suppliers to expect lower milk prices in the months ahead as milk supply around the world increases.
Boutique dairy, Lewis Road Creamery, says sales of its premium butter in the US have skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
OPINION: In the cities people are clambering over each other to get the first Big Mac or piece of deep-fried chicken, not to mention a ‘real’ coffee.
Chairman of Fonterra Shareholders Council, James Barron on Fonterra, COVID-19, and the importance of community.
The COVID-19 pandemic may change the way farmers attend discussions long term, according to DairyNZ.
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Rabobank says NZ dairy prices are “hanging in there” following last week’s Global Dairy trade auction.
Farmers are calling for an improvement of the rural broadband network.
Kiwi dairy farmers are being told to expect a significantly lower farmgate milk price in the coming season, as the global milk market absorbs the impact of COVID-19.
A final report into the review of the Fonterra Shareholders Council will be handed to farmers by the end of August.
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