Government lends $10m to Westland Milk for high value products
The Government has given Westland Milk Products a $9.9 million loan to help build a plant to separately process multiple types of special quality milks into high value products.
Fonterra's new chairman should select a Kiwi as next CEO, MP Shane Jones says
Fonterra’s new chairman should ensure a Kiwi is appointed to lead the company, Fonterra critic and New Zealand First MP Shane Jones says.
Going sour: Why Fonterra is under attack as never before
As an old story tells it, the dairy industry tsars who wanted to create Fonterra rolled up to Helen Clark’s Government with the legislation already written by a law firm and the 2001 date by which they wanted it implemented.
M Bovis decision: D-Day for dairy and beef farmers
Dairy and beef farmers will today find out whether an attempt will be made to eradicate the cattle-disease Mycoplasma bovis, or instead go for containment.
M. Bovis will not stop Gypsy Day, dairy industry's annual moving day
The M. Bovis outbreak will not halt the dairy industry’s annual Moving Day, when thousands of farmers and cattle move around the country, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has confirmed.
Crackdown on dairy outputs always on the cards
OPINION: Arguably the most predictable thing about Environment Minister David Parker’s comments on Sunday that under the new Labour-led Government, some dairy farmers may have to reduce cow numbers in order to address the pollution of the country’s waterways, was that it would be seen as an attack on the dairy industry.
Guy attacks Primary sector Council choices
Dairy farmers and industry leaders will see the lack of a dairy industry «heavy hitter» on the Primary Sector Council as a sign they «will be dealt with», National agriculture spokesman Nathan Guy says.
Farmers need to know Government's eradication plan for Mycoplasma bovis
Eradicating Mycoplasma bovis is still on the table, but farmers still need reassurances, says National Party primary industries spokesman Nathan Guy.
By: BRITTANY PICKETT
Source: Stuff
Secret attack or scaremongering?
Dairy farmers are in the sights of the Government’s coalition partners during a wide-ranging review of the industry, National Party MPs allege.
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Source: Farmers Weekly
Link: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/dairy/view/secret-attack-or-scaremongering
Dairy expansion 'making us sick': Greenpeace
A public health group is backing another push to halt dairying expansion and pull public funds from irrigation schemes. By: Jamie Morton