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To compare the retail prices of Coke and milk and say the Coke was more affordable than milk is misleading.
The UK dairy industry is in turmoil with milk price below the cost of production. The National Farmers Union says 450 English and Welsh farmers have quit in the past 12 months.
Despite milk price volatility most Australian dairy farmers enjoyed a good 2014-15 season.
Fonterra subsidiary MyMilk says it continues to attract interest from new suppliers.
Despite some spring health issues and the falling milk price, Webster Farms, the Hauraki Plains P3 Focus Farm, increased production by 10,617kgMS in its first year as a focus farm.
One of the country’s largest family corporate dairy farmers has questioned the relevance of Fonterra shareholders council.
DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle says the current downturn in the dairy industry is different from others in the past.
DairyNZ advice to limit dairy cows to 8kgDM/head/day of fodder beet is “right in the danger zone” a leading researcher into the crop’s use is warning.
Dairy farms hit by recent floods in the lower North Island are slowly drying out according to DairyNZ.
Levin organic dairy farmer Murray Moxham considers himself lucky to have got off relatively lightly during the recent floods that struck the lower North Island.
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DairyNZ is challenging the common practice of feeding more to higher yielding cows.
One year ago South Island Dairy Event delegates were ‘Riding the wave’. This year the 500-or-so farmers and industry staff at Lincoln late last month were looking for ‘Upside’ in a world of weak prices and growing regulation.
It would be a step backwards to the 1950s if raw milk has to be delivered to homes instead of to collection points in the cities, says Raw Milk Producers Association of NZ chairman Ray Ridings.
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