Banks put pressure on Northland farmers
Higher numbers of dairy farms than usual are on the market in Northland and Southland, although other regions are generally static.
Westland Milk building $40m milk plant in Canterbury
The West Coast’s dairy co-operative is ramping up its Canterbury presence by building a $40 million plant to make long life milk at Rolleston.
Filipino farmers locked in residency struggle
Residency decisions are locking Mid and South Canterbury’s Filipino dairy workers into wage jobs and out of careers, advocates say.
Lactoferrin activity on target – Synlait
Canterbury dairy processor and exporter Synlait Milk says it is on target to produce 15 metric tonnes of spray-dried lactoferrin in the current finanical year.
#Fonterra on drive for more tanker operators
More than 200 people attended Fonterra’s milk tanker operator recruitment day yesterday at its Clandeboye site in South Canterbury.
Efficient farming hallmark of #Canterbury dairying
OPINION: By farming more efficiently, Canterbury dairy farmers have made a massive contribution to the dairy industry and the wider New Zealand economy, especially over the last few years.
New chimney for #Fonterra factory firing up
Fonterra’s Studholme factory near Waimate in South Canterbury should be up and running again by Sunday following the replacement of the 50-metre boiler exhaust chimney.
New #dairy factory on track to open mid-2014
The new $214 million South Canterbury dairy factory is set to be commissioned in time for the start of the new dairy season, with the creation of 70 permanent jobs.
Synlait #Milk to beat targets
Canterbury dairy processor Synlait Milk says it now expects to beat its financial targets, based on milk powder accounting for a large part of its product mix.
#Robots eliminating human side of milking
More than two dozen farmers from Taranaki and Waikato got a taste of Mid and South Canterbury’s burgeoning robotic farming industry last week. ANZ commercial and agriculture managing director Graham Turley said the bank arranged the event to give its North Island clients an idea of the changing approaches to farming in the South […]