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CRV AmBreed is selling its 13.7ha bull farm in Waikato.
Plantings of one the dairy industry's most popular supplements is way down right across the country.
New Zealand farmers and growers are one step closer to accessing new, improved technologies and products to keep them internationally competitive.
Some Australian cows are taking 13-hour flights to China before ending up on a plate.
US company, Milacron Holdings Corp, says its Uniloy business and Consolidated Container have together developed a lightweight range of retail milk packs in gallon, half-gallon and other sizes – called Dura-Lite.
A war is brewing in the flavoured milk sector: Goodman Fielder has released a Puhoi Valley range of flavoured milks – Belgian chocolate and a caramel and white chocolate.
Some major milestones for the dairy industry: it now has 5 million cows being milked and last season milk production hit a record 1.89 billion kgMS – up 3.6% on the previous season.
The sale of milk tanker miniatures by Fonterra Farm Source stores is generating cash to help support rural mental health projects run by Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand (RHANZ).
Several years ago New Zealand had a 20% market share of infant formula in China and now that has dropped to under 10%, says Keith Woodford, agri-food systems, Lincoln University.
Energy blitzes at Fonterra's 36 sites identified 900 initiatives for energy efficiency, says Fonterra energy manager, Linda Thompson.
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Fonterra will focus on 'tier three' and 'four' cities in its bid to double sales in China in the next five years to $10 billion per annum, chief executive says.
Winston Peters' office loves to bag the dairy industry and Fonterra, mostly for all the wrong reasons.
Fonterra chairman John Wilson says dairy prices are expected to firm up early next year.
Fonterra shareholders will be watching hawk-eyed this week's annual general meeting in Waitoa.
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