Dairy Exporter - April 2010
Mega-pond,
ideas to match
For
Taranaki-born and bred Dave and Fiona Hughes, Southland in 1994 had everything
going for it, including reasonably priced land and a different approach to
dairying.
Fonterra
China strategy ‘astonishing'
In
a provocative presentation to the New Zealand Large Herds Conference, former
Prime Minister Dame Jenny Shipley challenged farmers to question Fonterra
directors closely over their strategy in China and whether the co-op was
capable of shifting payouts from $6 to $10/kg milksolids (MS).
Crafar
deals attract scrutiny
Uncertainty
surrounds details of transactions concerning land owned by Allan Crafar's son
Robert to Chinese investors, now understood to total four properties.
Dairy
exports up, earnings down
Dairy
farmers are increasing their production capability, but the receipts from
increased export volumes have shrunk over the past year, according to two sets
of statistics.
Northern
herds drying off early
Almost 10
percent of Northland's 1050 herds had dried off by the middle of March as a
four-month drought gripped the province. Many more were on the brink of
stopping milking.
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