National Foods is likely to come under further pressure in Tasmania with milk distributors in the state likely to pursue a PR campaign designed to win back lost supply contracts. The dairy firm has only...

Fonterra has announced it will be implementing an $11.5 million investment program to increase cheese and whey powder processing capacity at its dairy manufacturing sites in northern Tasmania.”Fonterra...

After reaching a compromise agreement just prior to Christmas, most Tasmanian farmers have now signed their new contracts with processor National Foods, closing the book on a tense chapter between the...

Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett yesterday advised of a $12 million rescue package that will “save every job at the King Island abattoir and ensure the long-term future of the renowned beef brand”. Mr...

An amicable deal has been struck between Tasmanian farmers and dairy processor National Foods today, concluding a long-running saga that had become bitter on occasions. Farmers had – until today...

The long-running talks between Tasmanian dairy farmers and processor National Foods finally took a turn for the better early last week after previous negotiations had continually stalled. The ongoing saga...

Fonterra announced yesterday a price increase of 17 cents per kilogram (c/kg) of milk solids for Victorian and Tasmanian dairy farmers. The price increase will will be backdated to 1 July 2009 and predicts...

Most of the suppliers of milk to National Foods in Tasmania are yet to sign agreements with the dairy firm, despite the deadline for the offer ending this afternoon. The collective bargaining group maintains...

McCain Foods appears certain to continue with plans to close their vegetable processing plant in Smithton, Tasmania after a last-ditch bid by Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett to change the manufacturer’s...

Birds Eye and Edgell maker Simplot has squashed hopes that they will take on more vegetable contracts in the wake of McCain’s decision to close a vegetable processing plant in the state of Tasmania. Simplot’s...