Westland confirms $3.87/kg farmer payout for 2015/6

Hokitika-based Westland Milk Products, New Zealand’s second biggest dairy co-operative after Fonterra, said it had confirmed its final net average cash payout to suppliers for the 2015/6 season will be $3.87 per kg of milk solids. By Jamie Gray

Westland taps China’s dairy sector

NEW Zealand’s Westland Co-operative Dairy Co plans to tap China’s premium dairy market by selling milk and dairy products to consumers to tap the rising demand from Chinese.

Westland Milk Opens New UHT Plant

Westland Milk Products has already received “substantial orders” for products from its new $40 million ultra high temperature (UHT) plant in Rolleston, New Zealand.

Westland Milk cuts dairy payout forecast

Hokitika-based Westland Milk, New Zealand’s second biggest dairy cooperative after Fonterra, said it would cut its forecast farmer payout for 2014/15 by 40c a kg of milksolids to a range of $5.00 to $5.40 a kg.

#Fonterra probe may help in Westland miss

The Government inquiry into Fonterra’s contamination scare could also answer why testing did not pick up a problem at Westland Milk Products revealed yesterday.