Fonterra plans $32m #cheese slice plant boost

Fonterra is investing $32 million to boost its slice-on-slice cheese capacity at a Taranaki manufacturing plant. Slice-on-slice cheese is used in fast food outlets and quick service restaurants for products such as hamburgers and sandwiches. Work on the expansion at the plant in Eltham will start later this year and is expected to be completed […]

Global #dairy prices fall at auction

Dairy product prices recorded their biggest drop since early November in the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, with the volume sold falling to an eight-month low. Milk protein concentrate and butter led the decline.

$5b increase seen for primary exports

Primary sector exports «continue to boom» and prove their worth as the spine of the country’s economy, Primary Industries Nathan Guy said today.

Chinese shoppers put value on environment in buying food

Consumers in emerging markets, like China and India, are paying much greater attention to aspects of imported food production such as environmental quality and animal welfare than previously thought, according to a New Zealand study out Monday.

CWT Assists with 5 Million Pounds of #Cheese and #Butter Export Sales

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 21 requests for export assistance from Bongards Creameries, Dairy Farmers of America, Land O’Lakes, Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative, Northwest Dairy Association (Darigold) and Tillamook County Creamery Association to sell 4.149 million pounds (1,882 metric tons) of Cheddar, Gouda and Monterey Jack cheese, and 848,780 pounds (385 metric […]