MG opens new plant

A new cheese plant at Murray Goulburn’s Cobram factory will be a boon for its milk suppliers, according to the company. BY RODNEY WOODS

Bill McDonald ditches dairy to return to coalmining

As a barometer of the booming dairy-exports-to-China market, a decision by former mining services magnate Bill McDonald to quit his fledgling infant-formula empire, Camperdown Dairy International, to return to coalmining had all the early warning signs of a brewing storm. By SUE NEALES.

China changes end Murray Goulburn plans

Dairy processor Murray Goulburn has dropped plans for a new infant formula supply partnership after changes to Chinese import regulations rendered the strategy unviable.

Murray Goulburn fails to follow Fonterra’s NZ lead

THE United Dairyfarmers of Victoria has questioned why local dairy giant Murray Goulburn is slashing its farmgate milk price by 18 cents a kilogram of milk solids, while its rival Fonterra is raising prices in New Zealand. By PETER HUNT