Fonterra upgrades Eltham cheese production for global growth
Fonterra's Eltham site in Taranaki is stepping up its global impact with an upgrade to its processed cheese production lines, boosting capacity to meet growing international demand.
OPINION: The Hound hears that international fast food chain McDonalds has quietly ended its brief and underwhelming experiment with plant burgers.
After rolling out a patty made of vegetables in hundreds of its stores across the US in early 2022, the world's most profitable burger chain has pulled the pin on the fake burger.
The McPlant - a pea, rice, and potato mixture that mimicked the flavour and texture of beef - was hailed in marketing as a saviour to the impending climate disaster.
However, the only disaster was financial and in early August - a mere six months after its launch - McDonald's stopped producing the 'animal-free' burger, which used a fake beef patty from Beyond Meat.
Apparently, it was rolled out in roughly 600 stores in February to gauge customer demand, but McDonald's American customers voted with their feet.
Farmer confidence has taken a slight dip according to the final Rabobank rural confidence survey for the year.
Former Agriculture Minister and Otaki farmer Nathan Guy has been appointed New Zealand’s Special Agricultural Trade Envoy (SATE).
Alliance Group has commissioned a new heat pump system at its Mataura processing plant in Southland.
Fonterra has slashed another 50c off its milk price forecast as global milk flows shows no sign of easing.
Meat processors are hopeful that the additional 15% tariff on lamb exports to the US will also come off.
Fears of a serious early drought in Hawke’s Bay have been allayed – for the moment at least.