Dairy Industry, Products and News
The Government, Maori tribe Ngai Tahu, the Canterbury regional council and dairy cooperative Fonterra have contributed funds to the clean-up of Lake Ellesmere, or Te Waihora. Run-off from surrounding dairy farms and clearance of wetlands has left Lake Ellesmere in Canterbury with the worst water quality of any New Zealand lake. The Government has contributed [...]
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AUSTRALIA’S future dependability as a dairy exporter is in doubt, according to a new industry report. Specialist food and agribusiness bank Rabobank’s report, Australian Dairy – Stimulating the appetite for growth, said global demand for dairy was increasing at more than two per cent a year but current national dairy production levels could not match [...]
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Pay negotiations for staff at the Murray Goulburn Co-operative’s dairy factories are continuing after a 24-strike over the weekend. About 25 staff at Rochester were among those to take the industrial action over Friday and Saturday, with 23 workers at Murray Goulburn’s Koroit plant, near Warrnambool, among electricians and maintenance fitters who went on strike. [...]
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Fonterra said today it is planning to scale back its unprofitable organic dairy operations amid waning public appetite to pay a premium for such products. The cooperative plans to concentrate most of its North Island organic suppliers around its Hautapu processing plant in the Waikato, which will have the effect of reducing the number of [...]
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DAIRY farmers across the NSW Hunter Valley are under threat. Between mining interests taking over properties, milk price battles, wild weather, and the prospect of a carbon tax, many farmers are starting to question whether life on the land is worth the trouble. Dairy farmers are a rare breed — not only do they take [...]
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In the past month many ABS bred progeny have turned heads, with some outstanding successes. A daughter of ABS Primetime™ specialist bull, Coyne Farms DORCY, sold for the top price of $60,000 in the US. She has the current number one GTPI score in the country. ABS has already purchased DORCY sons due to their outstanding [...]
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The news about Dairy America wanting to get on board with Fonterra’s globalDairyTrade auction demonstrates how fortunate New Zealand is to have Fonterra. Over the past few years Fonterra took a fair bit of flak for setting it up, but the online dairy commodities auction is starting to prove itself as a huge asset. With [...]
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The wet conditions have been a huge challenge for the region’s dairy farmers who have had to get cows ready for calving. A few farmers especially those on lighter, warmer country have started calving, and many on heavier country have cows due about August 1. A Tokomaru/Linton discussion group run by DairyNZ consulting officer Abby [...]
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THE only certainty of the carbon price is that it will cost the industry, according to milk processors. As a trade exposed industry, dairy processors contacted by The Weekly Times said it wouldn’t be possible to pass added costs associated with the climate plan on to customers. This means dairy farmers would most likely end [...]
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The Environment Court has fined two Northland dairy farmers $51,000 between them for discharging effluent into waterways despite repeated warnings and notices to upgrade their systems. Anthony Joseph Schluter of Pekerau, about 14km north east of Kaitaia, and James Dodunski of JKD Farms, appeared for sentencing in an Environment Court in Whangarei yesterday. JKD Farms [...]
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Average prices of dairy products fell to their lowest level since early December in Fonterra’s latest online auction, adding to evidence the steam in coming out of global commodity prices. The GDT-TWI Price Index fell 5.1 per cent to US$3,796 a metric tonne, according to results posted on the globalDairyTrade auction website. That follows a [...]
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The Government has thrown open for public discussion the vexed issue of who should be able to access raw milk from dairy giant Fonterra at a regulated price. Agriculture Minister David Carter said his ministry was conducting public consultation on the rules by which independent milk processors can require Fonterra to sell them raw milk [...]
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