Union Dairy Company tight-lipped about bonus
THE Union Dairy Company has declined to publicly provide details of the sign-on bonus it is offering on top of a $5.80 a kilogram of milk solids opening price for next season.
Saputo flags dropping Koroit from Murray Goulburn bid
UPDATE : Murray Goulburn (MG) supplier Craig Dettling says Saputo’s announcement that it will consider excluding MG’s Koroit plant from its proposal to buy the rest of MG is likely to cause more anxiety for MG suppliers.
ACCC has issue with Victorian dairy plant in Saputo, Murray Goulburn deal
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims says he would have «serious problems» with the current structure of the $1.3 billion takeover offer by Montreal-based Saputo for distressed rival Murray Goulburn.
Murray Goulburn sale: Foreigners in charge of Australia’s dairy destiny
THE Australian dairy industry is no longer in charge of its own destiny.
By: SIMONE SMITH
Source: The Weekly Times
Link: http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/agribusiness/dairy/murray-goulburn-sale-foreigners-in-charge-of-australias-dairy-destiny/news-story/533373378ee20b5223c9948005e144d2
Dairy processors: South Australia farmers move to the money
IF YOU had asked South Australian dairy farmer Tristan Mulhern what he thought of the industry eight months ago, he would have said: “I’ve had enough.” By: SIMONE SMITH
Midfield and Dreyfus dairy powder plant investment near Penola complete
Union Dairy Company’s new South Australian milk powder plant at Penola is now structurally complete and looking to process milk within two weeks. By: Jemima Burt
Market report: Dairy
FOR the past few years dairy has been focused on increasing throughput of its factories. By: SIMONE SMITH
Midfield and Louis Dreyfus partnership will give 100 per cent of milk exports a home
Tens of millions of dollars worth of milk products will be exported to the US, the Middle East and Southern Asia each year if all goes to plan with a milk processing plant being built in Penola, south-east South Australia. By Cassandra Steeth
Midfield Group enters joint venture with global food giant
Warrnambool’s Midfield Group is joining with a global food giant in a move that could change the face of the nation’s dairy industry. By KATE ZWAGERMAN
Chinese food trader COFCO aims to rival global giants
State-owned China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp (COFCO) has set a target of sourcing up to 50 million metric tons of grain from overseas markets by 2020, its Chairman Zhao Shuanglian said.