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Another dairy company, with partial Chinese ownership, is under fire for claiming the Government’s wage subsidy during COVID-19.
Mataura is backed by Chinese state-owned enterprise China Animal Husbandry Group, New Zealand company Bodco and local and farmer shareholders.
Mataura has also ruffled Fonterra’s feathers: it claimed $616,000 for 88 employees choosing not to process Fonterra milk.
The reason; it claims Fonterra has lower safety controls. The co-op isn’t impressed.
For the first time ever, the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards will be screened on national television.
Get prepared for a ‘Now Normal’ future, says Ian Proudfoot – Global Head of Agribusiness for KPMG – discussing the likely effects of COVID-19 in the months to come.
In a normal season, maize stubble wouldn’t be required as a feed on dairy farms.
Northland farmers are starting to count the cost of one of the most severe droughts to hit the region as the cost of feed and lower prices for stock are the order of the day.
While the deer industry faces several challenges in the short term, there will be a strong rebound in New Zealand venison sales once global demand recovers.
Brian Easton says his new book could not ignore farming’s contribution to the history of NZ.
Finnish dairy company Valio is on a mission to reduce milk’s carbon footprint to zero by 2035.
The man who coined the term ‘Gypsy Day’ is slightly miffed that a term he introduced to New Zealand’s farming…
