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OPINION: It's not just a rural banking inquiry that farmers want. Freshwater farm plans are another major headache for farmers.
Dairy farmers supplying Chinese-owned Westland Milk Products in Hokitika had another reason to celebrate this holiday season.
West Coast milk processor Westland Milk Products says its suppliers have helped the company move up global independent rankings for corporate social responsibility.
OPINION: Remember when the once-crumbling Westland Milk Products company was bought out by Chinese company Yili in 2019 and the howls of outrage and derision from current Minister of Agriculture and West Coast MP Damien O'Connor describing it as a 'sad day' for the West Coast?
Chinese-owned milk processor Westland Milk Products is building a new $70 million lactoferrin plant at its Hokitika site.
A strategy focusing on high value products and a culture shift among the workforce has guided Chinese-owned Westland Milk Products to hit $1 billion in annual revenue for the first time.
Setting a regulation in place often disengages certain people rather than appealing to their motivation to act.
A bid by Irish dairy giant Ornua to prevent the sales of New Zealand-made Westgold Butter in the US was today (Thursday time in California) dismissed in the Californian District Court.
West Coast milk processor Westland Milk Products has been ordered by the High Court to continue picking milk from three dairy farms associated with the Gloriavale community.
OPINION: It's not just a rural banking inquiry that farmers want. Freshwater farm plans are another major headache for farmers.
OPINION: The new Government may be farmer friendly, but it's not love, rather action that farmers want.