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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.

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.

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

All hands are on deck today at Fonterra Brands New Zealand's (FBNZ) Takanini site as the first Fonterra Milk for Schools packs make their way down the production line and into the coolstore to wait for their ride to school.

Reports a Pak'nSave  has joined boutique supermarket Nosh in selling milk for an equivalent price of one dollar a litre, supports Federated Farmers view that attention needs to focus on supermarket margins.

A daily dose of skimmed milk, enriched with two value-add ingredients naturally found in dairy products, may reduce the frequency and intensity of gout flares

NONE OF the proposed changes to the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act will reduce the retail price of milk, say farmers.

Federated Farmers is calling time on independent processors already receiving Fonterra milk.

Fonterra and the Shareholders Council have lashed out at the Government's proposal to make about 200 million litres more a year of milk available to other dairy companies.

Northland students will get free milk every school day from next year as part of a trial for Fonterra's new Milk for Schools programme.