Displaying items by tag: Milk

Friday, 13 July 2012 10:35

$100m fix as tankers roll

Milk tankers have started rolling out of Northland this week while the remaining Fonterra manufacturing sites are in the final stages of a $100 million maintenance upgrade.

Published in General News
Friday, 20 April 2012 09:33

Transparency around additive use

The South Island's last independent supplier of fluid milk says that permeate – a byproduct of milk processing which Fonterra admits routinely adding to their blue top products – makes milk less healthy and less tasty, and its use should be declared on the label.

Published in Dairy News
Wednesday, 11 April 2012 09:25

$100m in China farms

Fonterra yesterday unveiled the next step in its strategy to build a high-quality, sustainable fresh local milk supply in China, announcing plans to invest $100 million to develop two new large-scale dairy farms in Hebei province.

Published in General News
Friday, 30 March 2012 09:16

Tighter strategy focus for Fonterra

Fonterra Cooperative Limited yesterday outlined details of its Group Strategy Refresh which aims to grow volumes and value by focusing more tightly on emerging markets and products that meet growing consumer demand for dairy nutrition.

Published in General News
Friday, 30 March 2012 08:22

DIRA could 'determine farmer incomes'

The Fonterra Shareholders’ Council, which speaks for Fonterra’s 10,500 farmer-shareholders, has announced it cannot support the Government’s Dairy Industry Restructuring Bill as it is currently written.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 28 March 2012 14:18

DIRA back in Parliament

 A new bill detailing proposals to oversee Fonterra’s farm gate milk price setting and ensure a more transparent and efficient dairy market was tabled in Parliament yesterday by Primary Industries Minister David Carter.

Published in General News
Monday, 19 March 2012 16:10

Milk flows in Northland schools

Northland community leaders gathered at Manaia View School in Whangarei yesterday to celebrate the first day of the Fonterra Milk for Schools programme.

Published in General News
Friday, 09 March 2012 09:04

Giant silo moved to site

The biggest silo ever made in a New Zealand workshop and transported in one piece rolled out of the Mercer Stainless manufacturing plant in Christchurch early this morning.

Published in General News
Friday, 02 March 2012 15:09

Backing for DIRA 'conditional'

Federated Farmers has conditionally backed changes to the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (DIRA) and its Raw Milk Regulations. Its submission stresses that any change to the DIRA for Fonterra's TAF (trading among farmers) hinges on supplier-shareholder endorsement.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 21 February 2012 15:34

Dairy goat co-op on the up

GOAT MILK sales growth of 50% in two years is prompting the Dairy Goat Cooperative (Hamilton) to look for suppliers in Northland and Taranaki.

Published in Agribusiness
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