Price cut coming?
OPINION: Dipping global dairy prices have already resulted in Irish farmers facing a price cut from processors.
A STEADY stream of containers loaded with UHT milk are leaving the Miraka dairy factory near Taupo headed for the China market.
Miraka is contracted by the Chinese dairy giant Shanghai Pengxin to produce the UHT milk in 250ml branded packs for Chinese consumers.
WE ALL know China makes some crap. But we also know China makes quality items – Apple i-Phones, supertankers, Red Bands and Swandris, to name a few. The trick is knowing which is which.
Pineapple-flavoured milk and cream are two of the products being churned out by Fonterra's new $120 million UHT milk processing site at Waitoa in the Waikato.
FEEDING American dried distillers grains is unlikely to cause problems with China, say agribusiness specialists.
SYNLAIT MILK is now a registered manufacturer of retail-ready infant formula for export to China, following approval from the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China (CNCA).
TARATAHI AGRICULTURAL Training Centre has signed a memorandum of understanding with the China Rural Technology Development Centre (CRTD).
Synlait Milk has received MPI approval of its risk management programme at its dry blending and consumer packaging plant.
OPINION: Dipping global dairy prices have already resulted in Irish farmers facing a price cut from processors.
OPINION: Are the heydays of soaring global demand for butter over?