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Around 56% of dairy farms in New Zealand are owner-operated as of 2015, while 29% are operated by sharemilkers and 14% are operated by contract milkers. [15] Herd-owning sharemilkers (formerly 50:50 sharemilkers) own their own herd, and are responsible for employing workers and the day-to-day operations of the farm, in return for receiving a ...
CraFarms (or Crafar Farms) is a group of companies of which Allan, Beth and Frank Crafar were Directors. Crafar Farms was New Zealand's largest family-owned dairy business. [1] The family business owned 22 dry stock and dairy farms with approximately 20,000 cows in various regions of the North Island, and was put into receivership in October 2009.
A station or run, in the context of New Zealand agriculture, is a large farm dedicated to the grazing of sheep and cattle. The use of the word for the farm or farm buildings date back to the mid-nineteenth century. [1] The owner of a station is called a runholder.
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited is a New Zealand multinational publicly traded dairy co-operative owned by New Zealand farmers. [8] The company is responsible for approximately 30% of the world's dairy exports [9] and with revenue exceeding NZ $22 billion, [10] making it New Zealand's largest company.
It is New Zealand's largest farm, at over 1,800 square kilometres (440,000 acres) [1] and supports the country's biggest herd of cattle. It also hosts government science programs, such as research into bovine tuberculosis and related research into possums . [ 2 ]
In this article we are going to list the 15 largest dairy companies in the world. Click to skip ahead and jump to the 5 largest dairy companies in the world. While you might think of milk and milk ...
Largest dairy companies by dairy revenue (FY 2019) [3] Rank Company Headquarters Dairy product revenue in bn. US$ 1 Nestlé Switzerland: 22.1 2 Lactalis France: 21.0 3 Dairy Farmers of America United States: 20.1 4 Danone France: 18.2 5 Yili Group China: 13.4 6 Fonterra New Zealand: 13.2 7 FrieslandCampina Netherlands: 12.6 8 Mengniu Dairy ...
A dairy giant that controls 30% of the world's dairy exports. Fletcher Building: 8,498 20,000 425 Construction company, with a market capitalisation of over NZ$7 billion. Woolworths NZ: 7,585 20,000 379 Retail chain; wholly owned subsidiary of Australia's Woolworths Group: Air New Zealand: 2,734 8,860 308 Flag carrier of New Zealand. Spark New ...