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Sanction-hit Qatar is flying in food from abroad, including milk from the UK.
It comes from a Midlands farm, making a 3000-mile trip because of sanctions imposed on Qatar by four neighbouring Arab states.
It takes four days for the goods -- exported by Birmingham company Y International -- to arrive, then it goes on sale with other British milk selling for at least £5.
The liquid milk is a business boost for the dairy farmers who appreciate the guaranteed price.
Qatar has also airlifted cows into the emirate to help overcome the sanctions.
Federated Farmers says the final report into banking competition is a significant step forward for rural New Zealand - and a vindication of the farming sector's concern.
Fonterra chair Peter McBride expects a strong mandate from farmers shareholders for the proposed sale of its consumer and related businesses to Lactalis for $3.8 billion.
Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell says the sale of the co-op’s consumer and associated businesses to Lactalis represents a great outcome for the co-op.
The world’s largest milk company Lactalis has won the bid for Fonterra’s global consumer and associated businesses.
Fonterra has increased its 2024/25 forecast Farmgate Milk Price from $10/kgMS to $10.15/kgMS.
It took a stint at university to remind Otago dairy farmer Megan Morrison that being stuck in a classroom was not for her.
