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Listed Australian dairy processor Bega Cheese attracted an extra 100 million litres of milk during the second half of last year.
Canadian processor Saputo, on the verge of becoming Australia’s largest dairy player, looked at investing in New Zealand 16 years ago.
Hauraki Plains farmer Julie Pirie will lead a board heading a new educational farm in Auckland.
State-owned Pamu Farms of New Zealand can thank the red meat sector, rather than dairy, for its half-year result.
Fonterra is tapping into the $200 billion global sport nutrition market.
Environment minister David Parker has told DairyNZ he wants action fast on water quality, says Carol Barnao, DairyNZ general manager policy and advocacy.
The days of storing anhydrous milk fat (AMF) in giant drums may soon be over, says Fonterra.
A flurry of awards nights are being held this week as several regions announce their winners in the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards.
The GDT auction last week was close to expectations, and even included a slightly positive surprise with a 5.5% jump in skim milk powder prices, says BNZ senior economist Doug Steel.
Despite the stink bug nuisance, farm machinery distributors are seeing little or no effect on their logistics chains because most of their products are containerised, except for large tractors and harvesters.
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Fonterra is not the only global dairy co-op struggling to save a joint venture in China.
The National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) system has provided MPI investigators of the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak with nearly 1000 reports since the disease was identified last July.
Jersey breeder Peter Hansen believes MPI has reneged on compensating him for its ban on his planned one-off importation of breeding cows from Australia because of the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak.
LIC shareholders will meet this week to vote on a new share structure.
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