“I set out to prove that you can do dairy differently in New Zealand. But in reality, you can’t. Not without some serious money behind you,” he says.
Category: NZ Dairying
Fonterra implicated in deforestation and human rights abuses
“Through continuing to buy PKE from Wilmar, Fonterra and NZ’s dairy industry are fuelling rainforest destruction, forest fires and human rights abuses …
Fonterra implicated in deforestation and human rights abuses – Greenpeace
Of the 25 palm oil producers investigated, Fonterra’s sole supplier of Palm … “Through continuing to buy PKE from Wilmar, Fonterra and NZ’s dairy …
Manawatū dairy farms still struggling to find skilled labour
Federated Farmers Manawatū/Rangitīkei dairy section chairman Murray … “This guy was a good worker, better than most, but Immigration NZ didn’t …
The $5 million job no-one wants: Kiwi execs turn down Fonterra’s top job
One of the lowest milk prices of $3.90 in 2015. * In 2016 Fonterra’s Australian farmers complained of being “hammered” by payouts being cut.
US/China trade wars pose risk
Zollner says in trade terms NZ is more tied to the hip of China than ever before. … She points to dairying’s many challenges – M.bovis, the weather and …
How James Shaw wants to change the NZ landscape
“Between 1990 and 2015, agricultural emissions rose by about 16%, largely driven by the intensification and growing overall volume of dairying as …
Change is not easy, but it’s a fact of life
Dairy giant Fonterra’s 2018 research also shows, unsurprisingly, that having “a lower stocking rate (fewer cows per hectare) could reduce both …
Irrigation projects on hold as Government rethinks priorities
At present arable land covers 171,248 ha of New Zealand and horticulture 126,135 ha, compared with 2.6 million ha for dairy and 8.5 million ha for …
Sheep-milking gets a hoof-hold in Waikato’s dairying’s heartland
Spring Sheep Milk Co business manager Thomas Macdonald says there has been a lot of … Dairy sheep milking is coming of age in New Zealand