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Southland dairy farmers ironically need some good rain to wash the silt off their pastures and help recover from the early February flooding, says Open Country Dairy regional milk supply manager Myles Herdman.

After a challenging year, dairy farmers will go into the festive season buoyed by high farm gate milk prices.

Your old mate understands the country’s second largest dairy company, Open Country Dairy (OCD), has just had a ‘stink’ month. During October OCD copped a record fine of more than $221,000 for a “vomitus stench being emitted from its Waharoa factory”.

Waharoa residents are looking forward to getting on with their lives without “unwanted intrusion” from a nearby milk processing plant.

Open Country Dairy is the first anchor tenant in the Ports of Auckland (PoAL) regional freight hub that formally opened on April 30 at Northgate Business Park at Horotiu just north of Hamilton.

Strong global demand for dairy and constrained milk supply will keep farmgate prices high, say New Zealand’s large milk processors.

The country's second-largest dairy processor, Open Country Dairy will showcase its newest factory to farmer suppliers on March 7.

The country's second largest milk processor says any negative impact of coronavirus should be short lived.

New Zealand dairy farmers are producing more milk, causing downward pressure on global dairy prices.

The country’s second-largest dairy processor says milk supply has been strong across all regions.