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Farm operations. Dairy farming in New Zealand is primarily pasture -based. Dairy cattle primarily feed on grass, supplemented by silage, hay and other crops during winter and other times of slow pasture growth. [13] Traditional dairy production areas are the wetter areas of the country, including the Waikato, the Bay of Plenty, Taranaki ...
The country exported NZ$ 46.4 billion worth of agricultural products (raw and manufactured) in the 12 months to June 2019, 79.6% of the country's total exported goods. [ 1 ] The agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector directly contributed $12.653 billion (or 5.1%) of the national GDP in the 12 months to September 2020, [ 2 ] and employed ...
Global milk production has increased rapidly over the past 50 years. According to Our World in Data, global milk production has nearly tripled since 1961, reaching around 930 million tonnes in 2022. The most popular milk is cow milk, followed by buffalo milk, goat milk, sheep milk and camel milk.
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited is a New Zealand multinational publicly traded dairy co-operative owned by New Zealand farmers. [5] The company is responsible for approximately 30% of the world's dairy exports [6] and with revenue exceeding NZ $22 billion, [3] making it New Zealand's largest company. It is the sixth-largest dairy company in ...
Westland Milk Products is a dairy company based in Hokitika, New Zealand. It has been owned by Chinese dairy company Yili Group since 2019. It is the third largest dairy processor in New Zealand (behind Fonterra and Open Country Dairy, and tied with Synlait) with a 3.4% market share. [1] Milk is sourced from farms across the West Coast, as far ...
Synlait Milk Ltd. is a New Zealand dairy processor selling dairy and plant-based nutritional products, ingredients and powders to multinational customers worldwide. It is headquartered in Dunsandel, Canterbury, with additional manufacturing sites in Auckland and PÅkeno, a Research and Development Centre in Palmerston North and offices in Beijing and in Shanghai.
In New Zealand, the average herd size increased from 113 cows in the 1975–76 season to 435 cows in 2018–19 season. [50] Worldwide, the largest cow milk producer is the United States, [51] the largest cow milk exporter is New Zealand, [52] [53] and the largest importer is China. [54]
The Dairying and Clean Streams Accord is an agreement signed in 2003 in New Zealand between Fonterra, Ministry for the Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and regional councils. The Accord was prompted by the high-profile "dirty dairying" campaign by Fish and Game New Zealand which highlighted water pollution of lakes, rivers and ...