Sheep and goat dairy industry among beneficiaries of Government's almost $2 million investment in Southland
The Southland region will receive almost $2 million in funding from the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) with the sheep and goat dairy industry, a salmon hatchery, and an Invercargill development project the initiatives to benefit.
Is sheep milk the new craze?
Farmers are being urged to trade in their cows for a flock of sheep, as the sheep milk market heats up/
Shepparton dairy cattle sale: Volume buyers save the day
THE total clearance of 630 unjoined dairy heifers was judged a success despite the lower prices at this year’s annual sale at Shepparton.
Is sheep's milk the future of dairy in Canterbury?
Getting a sheep dairy industry up and running in Canterbury has been a «chicken and egg,» situation but things are starting to come together says Guy Trafford.
Kekovich comes to Shepparton to help dairy farmers
APCO Shepparton hosted Lambassador Sam Kekovich yesterday as the former AFL player came to the northern Victorian town as the face of a Farmer Power campaign to create awareness of the dairy industry’s current situation.
Dairy sheep: Kangaroo Island Pure Sheep Dairy leads the whey
SHEEP are notoriously tricky milkers.
By: SARAH HUDSON
Source: The Weekly Times
Link: http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/agribusiness/on-farm/dairy-sheep-kangaroo-island-pure-sheep-dairy-leads-the-whey/news-story/cf91c54bc9a687d839e51937a845306d
New $45m dryer planned for booming sheep milk industry
A new $45 million food spray dryer is being planned for Food Waikato as demand from the sheep milk industry ramps up, says Waikato Innovation Park chief executive Stuart Gordon.
By: Rebecca Howard
Source: BusinessDesk
Link: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11979866
Moving on: Is sheep milk the new dairy?
A new report into sheep milking in Southland has estimated the industry could be worth $124 million to the region by 2040.
By: TIM NEWMAN
Source: Stuff
Link: https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/100680854/Southland-dairy-turn-to-counting-sheep
Spring Sheep Milking outlines industry growth strategy
Spring Sheep Milk Company wants to grow New Zealand’s fledgling ovine milk industry into a multi million dollar high value business over the next decade.
By: GERALD PIDDOCK
Source: Stuff
Link: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/99442729/spring-sheep-milking-outlines-industry-growth-strategy
Island sheep farmers milking their way into cheese and yogurt market
‘I got the passion from my grandfather and Quebec too’.