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US company, Milacron Holdings Corp, says its Uniloy business and Consolidated Container have together developed a lightweight range of retail milk packs in gallon, half-gallon and other sizes – called Dura-Lite.
A war is brewing in the flavoured milk sector: Goodman Fielder has released a Puhoi Valley range of flavoured milks – Belgian chocolate and a caramel and white chocolate.
Some major milestones for the dairy industry: it now has 5 million cows being milked and last season milk production hit a record 1.89 billion kgMS – up 3.6% on the previous season.
The sale of milk tanker miniatures by Fonterra Farm Source stores is generating cash to help support rural mental health projects run by Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand (RHANZ).
Several years ago New Zealand had a 20% market share of infant formula in China and now that has dropped to under 10%, says Keith Woodford, agri-food systems, Lincoln University.
Energy blitzes at Fonterra's 36 sites identified 900 initiatives for energy efficiency, says Fonterra energy manager, Linda Thompson.
Fonterra will focus on 'tier three' and 'four' cities in its bid to double sales in China in the next five years to $10 billion per annum, chief executive says.
Winston Peters' office loves to bag the dairy industry and Fonterra, mostly for all the wrong reasons.
Fonterra chairman John Wilson says dairy prices are expected to firm up early next year.
Fonterra shareholders will be watching hawk-eyed this week's annual general meeting in Waitoa.
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A former Fonterra farmer director is warning that moves to downsize the co-op's board is fraught with risk.
Fonterra Shareholders' Council chairman, Duncan Coull, says record breaking efforts of shareholders saw 65% of farms, representing 73% of milksolids, cast their votes.
A former chief executive of Australian dairy processor National Foods and Waikato dairy farmer Ashley Waugh has been elected to the Fonterra Board of Directors.
New Zealand manufacturer of nutritional and wellness products, NIG Nutritionals (NIGN), is seeking capital to help it meet strong demand from China and wider Asian markets.
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