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Fonterra is second to none when it comes to supplying safe and quality dairy products to Chinese consumers.
But now it has a competitor to contend with - Coca Cola.
The drinks giant has got the green light to team up with China’s biggest dairy player Mengniu Dairy to make milk products in China.
The joint venture hopes to start with selling chilled milk before pushing into other segments.
Financial details of the deal and brand names haven’t been announced yet.
OPINION: Public opinion, political pragmatism and commercial and market reality have caused the Government to abandon introducing legislation into Parliament to legalise the shipment by sea of live animals - mainly cows - to overseas destinations.
Safer Farms has welcomed its first three regional champions that will be taking the Farm Without Harm message directly into their rural communities.
Farm software outfit Trev has released new integrations with LIC, giving farmers a more connected view of animal performance across the season and turning routine data capture into actionable farm intelligence.
Crafting a successful family succession plan is a notoriously hard act to pull off.
Farmers need not worry about fertiliser supply this autumn but the prices they pay will depend on how the Middle East conflict plays out.
American butter undercutting New Zealand's own product on New Zealand supermarket shelves appears to be a case of markets working as they should, says Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ).
OPINION: Cheaper US butter on New Zealand shelves isn't impressing everybody.
OPINION: The coalition Government seems to have chickened out when it comes to live animal exports by sea.
