Sentences with phrase «dairy processors after»

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is pushing for a mandatory code of conduct for dairy processors after a year - long investigation into an industry crisis sparked by Murray Goulburn and Fonterra Australia retrospectively slashing prices paid to farmers.

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The NFU (National Farmers Union) has strongly condemned the latest round of milk price cuts after three major dairy processors, who supply fresh liquid milk into the UK market place, issued notices for reductions.

Australian dairy processors can resume sell UHT and powdered milk across Chinese websites after Beijing authorities lifted a temporary halt...

The acquisition follows a difficult few days for Dairy Crest, which saw its share value plummet by more than 6 per cent at the beginning of last week, after reports surfaced that it could lose out on a new contract to supply Morrisons, the UK's fourth largest multiple retailer, with fresh liquid milk to rival processor Robert Wiseman Dairies.

UK milk processor Robert Wiseman Dairies has reported a decline in pre-tax profit after losses and costs associated with reorganisation and an inquiry by Britain's Office of Fair Trading.

Dairy processor Fonterra will lift the prices it pays hundreds of farmers for their milk, after an outcry over the sudden drop in payments it announced earlier this month.

Bega Cheese has made a bold strategic shift with a $ 460 million deal taking the dairy processor into branded consumer goods after snapping up names such as Vegemite and KRAFT Mac & Cheese from Mondelēz International's Australia and New Zealand business.

Australian dairy farmers are battling to survive an industry - wide crisis, after processors dramatically cut milk prices in response to a global oversupply of milk.

A GROUP of dairy farmers in Victoria's North East are on the hunt for a processor after forming a new co-operative.

The statement comes just weeks after the FFA, which is demanding an improved standard litre milk price, launched a fresh set of demonstrations against dairy processors.

The Italian dairy sector is starting to look up after a long period of restructuring that forced more than 30,000 farmers to shut down but tensions remain between producers and processors over prices, according to a USDA report.

Canadian dairy giant Saputo has gained a foothold in Australia after outbidding Bega and Murray Goulburn for the nation's fourth - largest dairy processor, Warrnambool Cheese & Butter.

Saputo Inc. won approval on Wednesday from Australia's competition regulator for the planned US$ 1 - billion takeover of the country's largest dairy processor, Murray Goulburn Co-operative, after the Canadian company agreed to sell a key asset.

After a tough year for dairy processors and farmers, chairman Frank Davis has retired from the board.

That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains&raDairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains&radairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains&radairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains&radairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».

After a group of nine Maine Organic Dairy farm families were dropped by their previous milk processor H.P. Hood they banded together to form Maine's Own Organic Milk (MOO Milk for short) and sell their product direct to grocery stores.