Fonterra says dairy farmers must facereality of low prices
Dairy giant Fonterra says the milk price bubble it has been warning about has burst and low prices are here to stay.
China's JD.com sticking with Murray Goulburn
China’s biggest e-commerce retailer JD.com will hold onto its stake in troubled Australian dairy group Murray Goulburn, according to a senior executive, as the company looks to form closer relationships with suppliers.
Dairy firm Avonmore leading brand in Ireland
HOME grown brands remain favourites for Irish consumers, with dairy firm Avonmore the cream of the crop.
No change to Murray Goulburn farmgate price in NSW until June 30
QUESTIONS flowed at the Murray Goulburn Co-operative milk suppliers meeting at Taree racecourse on Wednesday, May 18. Close to 100 people attended, some travelling as far as Manilla, near Tamworth.
California Dairy Turns Cow Waste Into Power
Forty-five percent of California’s methane emissions come from dairies, the largest source of the potent greenhouse gas in the state. The 700 cows on Cace Van Steyn’s dairy farm in Elk Grove excrete about 98,000 pounds of manure and urine every day. All that waste produces methane.
How the state’s dairy boom days quickly turned sour
IT was only two years ago that things looked very different for what was then Tasmania’s booming dairy industry.
How are banks assisting clients facing dairy crisis? ANZ, NAB, Commbank, Rabobank, Westpac respond
Australia’s major banks have recognised the impact of dairy crisis on clients, announcing short-term relief measures for farmers.
Some get the cream! Dairy boss who slashed the price Australian farmers get for milk from 55c to 15c per litre is paid $4.6MILLION a year
The man who runs multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra – under fire this week for cutting its milk price paid to farmers by up to 10 per cent – is the company’s highest paid employee with his salary falling between NZ$4.93 million (AU$4.61 million) and $4.94 million (AU$4.62 million).
Butter making comeback with $1m factory opened in northern NSW
A dairy company in northern New South Wales has invested $1 million into a butter factory to value-add to the milk it processes.
Arla pledges to stick to ‘one milk price’ plan
Arla said it has no plans to drop its “one-milk-price-fits-all” policy, as the UK’s top two dairies laid out their strategies for riding out the downturn.