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Seen a giant cheese roll rolling along Southland’s roads?
You aren’t seeing things: in fact, it’s just an Open Country milk tanker that’s had a tasty makeover.
The makeover is the brainchild of Brett Hamilton, the general manager for transport at Open Country’s Awarua depot.
Open Country then turned to the award-winning team at Invercargill’s Creation Signs, who worked on it “all day, all week” to get the cheese roll, also known as ‘Southland Sushi’, tanker finished.
When American retail giant Cosco came to audit Open Country Dairy’s new butter plant at the Waharoa site and give the green light to supply their American stores, they allowed themselves a week for the exercise.
Farmers supplying milk to Taupo-based processor Miraka are getting a 2024-25 season base milk price of $10.16/kgMS.
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New DairyNZ research will help farmers mitigate the impacts of heat stress on herds in high-risk regions of the country.
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