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OPINION: Westland Milk may have won the contract to supply butter to Costco NZ but Open Country Dairy is having…
Sellers of raw milk in New Zealand are taking new regulations in their stride.
The Australian dairy industry is joining the fight to clarify the meaning of the word ‘milk’.
A David and Goliath battle has ended with David’s victory! A dispute between Fonterra and Lewis Road Creamery over labelling on Kapiti milk bottles is over.
Plenty's been said about the first 100 days of the Trump presidency – more about unfulfilled campaign promises than tangible action – but in recent weeks the dairy industry has been drawn into some of the posturing.
A group of farmer shareholders in the European co-op FrieslandCampina will start producing milk without using genetically engineered animal feed.
The revenue range/kgMS of New Zealand’s dairy companies is remarkably wide -- from Tatua’s $18.58 to Fonterra’s commodity return of $5.81 -- says a new report on the dairy industry.
Open Country Dairy (OCD) is the benchmark commodity processor and Tatua the benchmark value-added processor, says TDB Advisory.
Fonterra has launched its first Anchor milk pop-up store at one of China’s busiest shopping complexes.
As now widely reported, dairy markets are in a somewhat balanced phase.
Switching to organic farming is paying off for a Waikato farmer.
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Cathy Oakley had to be cajoled into entering her Just Ewe Farmhouse sheep milk cheese in the New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards, but it paid off.
The outlook for the coming dairy season is positive with prices stable and lifting slightly, several economists say.
Fonterra stands to benefit from a potential exodus of farmer suppliers from Australia’s largest dairy processor.
Fonterra tanker operator Stephen Curtis collects Fonterra farmers’ milk anywhere from Ashburton all the way up to Kaikoura and Murchison, so he knows the roads of the region well.
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