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OPINION: Reckless action by Greenpeace in 2024 forced Fonterra to shut down a drying plant for four hours, costing the co-op…
TECHNOLOGY OF FARM will be the focus of Dairy Women's Network's second annual virtual learning forum being launched this month.
FONTERRA TODAY announced its plans to invest $72 million at its Clandeboye mozzarella plant as it further expands its global foodservice capabilities.
NEW ZEALAND dairy farmers are set to earn an extra $5 billion this season if the payout forecast holds and no spanners – such as another drought – fall into the works.
CHINA'S DEMAND for dairy imports is set to grow for at least the next two years, as its local milk production struggles under structural change in the supply chain, a new industry report has found.
MORE FREQUENT droughts will put farming communities including dairy under more pressure over water, says the Waikato Regional Council’s investigations manager Patrick Lynch.
LABOUR SPOKESMAN on Primary Industries Damien O’Connor says Fonterra has been caught short in its crisis management during the botulism scare.
GETTING DAMAGED irrigators back up and running is the big concern on many dairy farms in the wake of the September 10-11 windstorm.
THE WORST wind storm for decades left Canterbury dairy farmers last week picking up damaged irrigators, fences and shelter belts.
TWO OF Australia’s listed dairy manufacturers could soon merge to form one of the largest publicly listed food companies in the country.
AUSTRALIAN FARMERS are welcoming the appointment of Barnaby Joyce as the new Federal Agriculture Minister.
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A US$100 million milk packaging plant opened in Vietnam can pack 400 million L of milk annually.
EUROPEAN DAIRY processor FrieslandCampina says its new development centre in Singapore will make dairy-based beverages and infant and toddler nutrition products tailored specifically for Asian consumers.
CRIES FOR help from Canterbury dairy farmers hit by storm and resultant power blackouts is puzzling.
ISN’T IT amazing how some people love to talk about catastrophy. Last month’s dairy recalls saw some truly jump off the deep end, and just as we were getting through that, others latched onto a New York dairy strategist’s warning that the New Zealand dairy industry could be squashed by a resurgent US one.
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