Business
Once-a-day ‘okie dokie’ for Oaklands
Nelson-based Oaklands Milk have grown from one milk truck eight years ago to a fleet of seven. The Raine family credit a move to OAD milking and A2 genetics ticking the boxes for them and their customers. Anne Hardie reports.
Farming with a higher purpose
Hawke’s Bay assisted living facility Hohepa runs a small dairy farm which not only produces artisan goods but provides life experiences and work opportunities to people with intellectual disabilities. Jackie Harrigan visited the farm to find out more. Photos Brad Hanson.
European market rebounding, but Chinese risk
Both on the spot market and the price paid by dairies show a shaky but rising picture.
Irish margin biggest in Europe
The Irish milk pool grew by about 30% between 2014 and 2017 and the margin on Irish dairy farms in that period averaged 8 Euro cents per kilo of milk, twice that of other European Union countries. Sjoerd Hostee from Langs de Melkweg reports.
