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AUSTRALIA’S RICHEST woman has thrown a lifeline to Queensland’s ailing dairy industry.
LIC EXPECTS to get more cows in-calf at Christmas in response to high demand for its short gestation genetics offering, and as farmers find new ways to maximise the benefits this season.
WHILE CHINA is widely touted as a bonanza for Australian dairy exports, another massive market even closer remains largely overlooked. Indonesia is emerging as the next big thing for dairy exporters.
SIT TIGHT, ride out the storm and be ready to harvest again when the time is right. That’s the message from Mid Canterbury dairy farmer Willy Leferink, new as Feds provincial president in that region.
A VERY mixed season around the country has posed a range of challenges to dairy farmers according to DairyNZ’s Craig McBeth.
FONTERRA SUPPLIERS in Australia were among the highest paid last season, according to an independent report.
DAIRY FARMERS with irrigators at risk of wind damage might soon have a solution thanks to the levy investment of their cropping counterparts.
RAISE YOUR glasses and down your milk was the order of the day for dignitaries at the official opening of Oceania’s first factory in New Zealand last month.
SYNLAIT MILK is intent on selling more to key customers and growing its infant formula and nutritional sales, chairman Graeme Milne told the annual meeting of shareholders last week.
AN INFANT Nutrition Council application to the Commerce Commission will show the New Zealand infant formula industry aspires to the highest ethical standards, not only in marketing but also in trade practices, says nutrition council chief executive, Jan Carey.
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FEDERATED FARMERS dairy president Andrew Hoggard says many farmers will struggle to meet the milk cooling regulations proposed by MPI.
MPI SAYS the tightening of rules on milk cooling is to keep New Zealand ahead of the game.
FOR THE first time in the cooperative’s history, Fonterra could be forced to clawback payout as dairy markets continue to slide.
THE COUNTRY's Second largest dairy processor has set a new record for milk collection.
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