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WOW: Dairy prices rallied an impressive 12.7% overnight with whole milk powder prices leading the charge, up 18.9%. As we’ve said the spark has been slowing supply across major Southern Hemisphere exporters and now Europe; China buying for the preferential free-trade window from November to January; other buyers hopping on board to extend their hedging into 2017; and low New Zealand inventory levels directing more demand toward the GDT platform (as opposed to other sale channels).
Pending Regulations on cooling milk are prompting many farmers to look at upgrading or replacing their chiller systems. ACR Agri Ltd, Hawera, whose equipment can lift the performance of dairy refrigeration units, says some farmers will need to upgrade their chillers or risk not having their milk collected.
NZ Farm Source Winner
Thanks to all of those who came and visited our stall at this years 2016 Field Days. It was a fantastic event this year with a great turn out. Check out some of the field days photos below.
Our winner of the Farm Source (formerly RD1) $250 voucher is Steven Megaw from Te Awamutu. Congratulations to Steven!
There are several answers to this question, not the least of which is that by the 1st of June 2018 the new standards will come into effect meaning that all farms will have to ensure there milk cooling is up to scratch. This means being able to:
Power savings of up to 80% in the use of farm dairy milk chiller systems has to be good news for dairy farmers. That’s the promise of North Island based ACR Agri Ltd, who specialize in enhancing performance in dairy refrigeration units.
Power savings of up to 80 per cent in the use of farm dairy milk chiller systems has to be good news for dairy farmers. That’s the promise of Hawera based ACR Agri Ltd, who specialise in enhancing performance in dairy refrigeration units.
Our revolutionary energy recovery technology has been nominated for EECA Innovation of the Year.
We are now able to provide practical energy efficient equipment designed locally to deliver alternative heating options at lower energy and capital cost.
This will help business that has existing refrigeration and requires volumes of hot water and reduce the challenge of increasing power costs or struggling to reduce their energy footprint.
This special service is based in Canterbury but available NZ wide - focused on energy efficiency for refrigeration, heat recovery and providing pre-cooling water systems to protect product quality (snap-chilling).
New ‘Boost’ for energy saving on dairy farms and commercial sites
We have secured its first export order to the UK. The Boost Technology will be applied in an ice-cream factory and will provide the factory owner a rapid return on investment. Once commissioned and installed, the details will be added to our Studies and References page.