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Gerry Giggins: Big beef finishers deserve respect for beefing up operations in face of dairy dominance

Irish Independent 30 Jun 2022

With the level of professionalism that they operate to, these beef finishers are well regarded within the feed trade, using high volumes of feed, on a consistent basis.A number of years ago, these large-scale beef farms were tarnished with the term ‘factory ...

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Martha Walton: Farmers market a way of life

Capital Press 30 Jun 2022

INDEPENDENCE, Ore ... The city asked her to do it, and she agreed ... She was born the youngest of 14 children on a dairy near New Philadelphia, Ohio, a small town south of Akron ... Her father eventually sold the dairy, worked in a bearing factory and managed seven other farms ... Jan ... “We promised each other there would be no dairy cows,” she laughed ... ....

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Dairy industry faces vegan revolution

The Jerusalem Post 27 Jun 2022

Similar to the rest of the animal-derived food industry, the dairy market also appears to be on the verge of a drastic change ... Biotech start-up companies are working tirelessly on developing methods to produce dairy products without the need for animals to supply the milk ... Most of us continue to consume dairy products long after infancy.

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One of UK’s biggest dairy firms fined £1.5m for polluting Cornwall river

The Observer 23 Jun 2022

One of the UK’s biggest dairy firms has been fined £1.5m for repeatedly polluting a river near its Cornwall factory and causing local residents to suffer years of noxious smells – but the problems are continuing ... In a statement, Dairy Crest offered “sincere apologies” to those who ...

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Failing service delivery hits industry

Independent online (SA) 22 Jun 2022

Last year, dairy group Clover closed down South Africa's largest cheese factory in Lichtenburg, North West, and moved the plant to Queensburgh in Durban due to "ongoing poor service delivery" by the local municipality ... as well as a pothole-ridden road leading to its factory.

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Contact Energy to shut Te Rapa power station, plans transition to renewable generation

Reuters 21 Jun 2022

The Te Rapa plant in Waikato, New Zealand has been operating since 1999 and provides steam and electricity to the world's biggest dairy exporter Fonterra's (FCG.NZ) Te Rapa dairy factory under an ongoing agreement expiring in June 2023.

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Beef Prices: Factories gain upperhand, but numbers may still be in finishers favour

Irish Independent 20 Jun 2022

Given that over half the cattle in the country come from the dairy sector, this would represent a major victory for the factories in their attempts to buy beef cheaper.Should this happen, it would drop the price of all O and P grade bullocks and heifers from 12-36c/kg below the ...

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Ames company AgCertain Industries purchases iconic Iowa blue cheese maker Maytag Dairy Farms

The Hawk Eye 17 Jun 2022

AgCertain Industries said it had purchased Maytag Dairy Farms from Midwest Growth Partners, a West Des Moines private equity firm ... AgCertain expects to add 10 or so jobs to the dairy's roughly 30, Heuss said. Frederick Louis Maytag II, son of the founder of the Maytag appliance manufacturing company, established the dairy in 1941.

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Sustainable method to produce milk powder without using coal

RNZ 17 Jun 2022

Miraka emits 94 percent less carbon compared to similar dairy driers in New Zealand. They use geothermal energy to power the factory in Mokai, just north of Taupō ... Listen ... “We've got the best of both worlds some of the world's leading exponents of dairy technology and marketing on our board alongside our Māori trust and it works extremely well.” ... ....

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Westland Milk Products resumes collection at Gloriavale after court injunction

NewstalkZB 16 Jun 2022

Westland Milk Products has resumed milk collection from Gloriavale's Lake Haupiri farms, after the Christian community was granted an interim court injunction to prevent the dairy company from withdrawing ... Canaan is one of Westland's biggest milk suppliers, sending about 900,000kg of milk solids a season to the Hokitika dairy factory ... .

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AG Tsakani Maluleke decries lack of accountability in municipal audits

Business Day 16 Jun 2022

“Ultimately, national and provincial governments play the key role in accountability ... In 2021, SA’s largest dairy producer Clover announced it was moving its Lichtenburg cheese factory from North West to KwaZulu-Natal, citing poor service delivery by the municipality as the main reason for relocating from the province ... Update. June 15 2022.

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International Food Companies recognized for achievements at the 2022 Good Farm Animal Welfare ...

Kentucky New Era 15 Jun 2022

Compassion in World Farming was founded in 1967 by a British dairy farmer who became horrified at the development of intensive factory farming. Today Compassion is the leading farm animal welfare organization dedicated to ending factory farming and achieving humane and sustainable food.

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More clean audits but local government still notes R20bn in unauthorised spend

Business Day 15 Jun 2022

In 2021, SA’s largest dairy producer Clover announced it was moving its Lichtenburg cheese factory from North West to KwaZulu-Natal, citing poor service delivery by the municipality as the main reason for relocating from the province ... of just over R11.67bn,” Maluleke said ... The leaders must set the right leadership tone ...

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