Farmers have ‘no option’ but to sell Westland
19 March 2019
Voting to sell the Westland Co-operative Dairy Co will be a sad day but there’s no choice, Harihari farmer John Sullivan says.
DAIRY ARCHIVES
Westland loan on hold
19 March 2019
The Government has suspended negotiations with Westland Milk to conclude financing arrangements for a $10 million loan after the dairy company reached a conditional agreement to sell the co-operative to Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group.
Westland plans sale to Yili
19 March 2019
WESTLAND Milk’s board is recommending shareholders sell the farmer co-operative to a subsidiary of Yili for $588 million.
Quakes change water’s ways
18 March 2019
The Canterbury and Kaikoura earthquakes made it harder for some farmers to pump groundwater while others struggled to contain it.
Trucking cows – the least we can do
18 March 2019
Travelling can be tiring but I find it’s often the little things that make me feel better on a road trip or flight, like staying hydrated and having snacks on hand.
Finding perfect form and function in cows
18 March 2019
A Taranaki couple trained in the aAa animal analysis system are seeing remarkable results in their herd. Ross Nolly reports.
Council gets tough on high-risk farms
18 March 2019
Waikato Regional Council monitoring of high-risk farms has revealed the dire state of dairy effluent infrastructure with some farms having just a thousandth of the storage needed.
Milk impetus stutters into autumn
15 March 2019
Dairy farmers seem unlikely to set autumn milk production records because of lack of rainfall, low pasture covers and the discouragement of palm kernel supplementary feeding.
Organic dairying to clean river
15 March 2019
Conversion to organic dairying holds potential for improving water quality in the Waipa-Waikato catchment while providing an attractive return on investment.
Government cautioned on Huawei fallout
13 March 2019
As the Huawei issue simmers the New Zealand Government has reached a point where relations can be reset with Beijing to their previous warm levels or feel the cold winds blow harder over trade issues.
