Brogden & Sons, Invercargill to Mataura Railway (1878–79, 11p). Otis Oat Milk co-founder Chris Wilkie on his farm. Ernest Robert Godward, based in Invercargill, invented and patented an egg beater that prepared eggs for a sponge cake in three and a half minutes - previously it had taken 15 minutes. A plant could also create more than 50 jobs, he said. Physical Description: Film negative Deep in the South Island @ 46.0988°S 168.9458° E is Gore, home of Mataura Valley Milk. The Southwest and Southland Dairy Farmers is an alliance of dairy farmers from Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina. The first plant-based milk manufacturing factory is all set to be established in Southland, according to recent reports. Their clubrooms and museum are based in the former Awarua Dairy Factory on the corner of SH6 & SH96 north of the Winton Cemetary. Open Country Dairy represents the very best of the New Zealand Dairy industry. The site is considered an ideal one for a dairy factory, being high and dry with a good fall for drainage, and altogether tho conditions arc regarded as most favourable for cheese-making. Oat milk will be the first product made in a new plant-based food processing factory in Southland. Otis Oat Milk co-founder Chris Wilkie said New Zealand should have a plant to produce oat milk. Otis co-founder Chris Wilkie said he was aware of the Southland purpose-built plant project, and was a part of discussions but directed specific questions to Great South. The factory is situated about a quarter of a mile from Mataura station, just off the Invercargill road. The country’s first plant-based milk factory is to be built in Southland. Photograph, Edendale Dairy Factory Company Limited 1960 About this object. A plant could also use electricity from the Manapōuri Hydro Station, Wilkie said, and being built in the lower third of the South Island meant it was near good oat-growing land and ports. His company’s “Swedish strategy”, of producing it on the other side of the world, was a temporary solution, he said. An Eastern Southland farm's tangle with mother nature has given it enough news headlines to fill a scrapbook. PO Box 522 Invercargill 9840 New Zealand. ATM disclosed its intentions in August and has now entered binding agreements to buy a 75 percent stake in the Southland based infant formula maker. The combination of Fonterra’s emergence as a global dairy titan and the growth of infrastructure in Southland (the regional dairy factory in Edendale became one of the largest in the world) put Southland at the centre of global dairy commodity production. Southwest Dairy Farmers is an alliance of dairy farmers from Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina. Dairy factories and freezing works opened throughout the province, and Invercargill’s population doubled between 1891 and 1916. the dairy turn continues in Southland. We share our passion for dairying with our farmers and this close working relationship provides a quality milk supply that we process into Milk Powders, Milk Proteins, Milk Fats and Cheeses ready for our global customers. The new carbon-neutral factory will mean that NZ grown oats will no longer need to be transported to the other side of the world to be processed. 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The development of the oat industry could create competitive and sustainable land-use options for Southland farmers, more jobs and diversify the Southland economy, he said previously. Location. Our strong supplier network is the key to our global dairying success - The Best In Dairy. Oats grown for Otis Oat Milk are grown in Gore, milled in Dunedin and then sent to a factory in Sweden to be turned into milk. Now, Edendale is the site of the world’s largest raw milk-processing plant. New Zealand’s first dairy factory was established at Edendale in 1882. Built on this solid foundation, Open Country Dairy has become the second largest global exporter of premium Whole Milk Powders. Collier confirmed the first product made would be oat milk. The plant will be owned by CAHG along with its partners Bodco and Southland dairy farmers. This is a photograph of the Edendale Dairy Factory Board of Directors and Management for 1960. Otis Oat Milk managing director Tim Ryan. Key staff of the Southland regional development agency, Great South, were in an all-day meeting about the factory on Wednesday. We're a global dairy nutrition company owned by 10,000 farmers and their families, united by a fundamental belief in the power of dairy to make a difference. To build his ideal plant, Wilkie wanted $40 million, but he knew plenty of ways to do it for less. The country’s first plant-based milk factory is to be built in Southland. Making New Zealand copyright folder held at Alexander Turnbull Library reads: Photo - Edendale Dairy Factory Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). New Zealand-based milk and nutritional powders maker Mataura Valley Milk (MVM), a subsidiary of China Animal Husbandry Group (CAHG), is building a new dairy processing plant in Gore, Southland, New Zealand. New Zealand’s first dairy factory was built here, after the sheep-station manager Thomas Brydone suggested in 1881 that dairying might be more profitable than running sheep. As a result, dairy organizations plan The Edendale milk processing plant was a cheese processing plant but in the 1990s expanded to include milk powder processing. Farmers in the Southland region took the initiative to establish the Southern Dairy Development Trust (SDDT) and its fully owned registered trading company, the Southland Demonstration Farm (SDF) in 2007. There is a long building, occupying the central part of the picture. “I feel like we’re playing catch up to where our image is.”, “Any land that can be converted from intensive dairy farming to growing oats or other such crops, we see as a massive positive.”. In 1968, the Harbisons sold the dairy plant to Southland Dairy, leading to its eventual demise in 1990. The company is striving to be the ‘World’s Best Nutritional Business’ manufacturing and producing premium infant milk formula mainly for export from its purpose-built nutrition plant at McNab, near Gore, Southland. Great South chairman Ian Collier, in a statement, says the new company, NZ Functional Foods Ltd, is a result of an extensive project during 10 years to develop additional uses for Southland land, headed by the agency. Hall It says something for the growth of our dairy industry that they’ve had to build a new road round the original Edendale factory, and this roading project is the biggest in the Southland region for many years. We believe the photograph was taken sometime in the 1880s. In the 1880s, the development of an export industry based on butter and cheese encouraged the growth of dairy farming in Southland. The factory cost £1,200, but the company recouped £500 when it won a government bonus offered for the first export of New Zealand cheese. Mounted sepia photograph said to be the Aparima Co-operative Dairy Factory Company in Southland, about 1890. Open Country Dairy represents the very best of the New Zealand Dairy industry. Place Made. Edendale has a milk processing plant operated by Fonterra which was originally operated by the Southland Dairy Co-operative. Published in `A history of the New Zealand Dairy industry' by H G Philpott, 1937, facing page 12. Photo: File A2 Milk is a step closer to taking a controlling stake in Mataura Valley Milk, but says it will be at least a couple of years before it starts making profits. Our dairy products are valued for their quality around the world by producers of fine food and beverages. It is investigating health and wellness products, particularly Southland oats and alternative proteins. Hugh de Lacy checks it out. NZ Functional Foods plans to build a carbon-neutral plant-based food processing factory at Makarewa to produce quality products and grow the demand for viable Southland plant crops. Consequently, the colony's first dairy factory was established at Edendale in 1882. The $240 million project is gearing up for production to begin in August 2018, with 65 fulltime employees. The milk product is then returned to New Zealand. Mission and Strategic Direction of the Southern Dairy Hub. Sir Stephen Tindall’s investment company K1W1 invested in NZ Functional Foods in December and the board had now formed to take the initiative forward, Collier said. Oceania, New Zealand, South Island, Southland, Edendale Maker P: + 64 3 211 1340 F: + 64 3 211 2719 It had been operating for 13 years at the time of this photograph. The Edendale dairy factory opened in the early 1880s - and the town is now home to one of the biggest milk processing plants in the world - but it’s Crank Up that really gets Edendale’s wheels spinning. Central Southland Vintage Machinery Club was formed in 1973. Central bottom of the picture is what appears to be a gate, with a track going up to the loading bay. In 1948 Southland operations, including seventy-four 7-Eleven stores, were merged into the Southland Corporation, and the firm began to expand to other states. View - Taranaki Dairy Factories on Google Maps A Photographic Survey of Taranaki Dairy Factories - 2009-11 This is a record of 112 or so survivors – some abandoned and disregarded - of Taranaki's cheese and butter-making industry which has so dominated the social and economic scene in … High tech dairy factory opens in Gore, New Zealand November 23, 2018 DairyBusiness News Team DP News 0 The opening of a new $240 million milk plant in Southland is expected to bring major benefits to the region’s farmers and the local economy. Built on this solid foundation, Open Country Dairy has become the second largest global exporter of. 52 Kekeno Place Awarua Invercargill 9840 New Zealand. The Seaward Downs Dairy Factory Co. Ltd... Golden Jubilee (1947, 34p). “I think there is already an expectation of New Zealand Inc, and New Zealand's brand, that we would be at the forefront of this and sadly we’re not quite at this stage,” Wilkie said. The Edendale dairy factory was the first in the country. “The country is calling out for a facility like this,” he said. There is growing interest in alternative milks in NZ. This is an early photograph of the Edendale Dairy Factory with some of the workers loading a cart at the front. Back row: J. Dunlop, W R. . Thompson, G. O'Neilkl, J. Edendale Dairy Factory, 1895. Built on this solid foundation, Open Country Dairy has become the second largest global exporter of premium Whole Milk Powders. A loading bay appears to be at the short end of the building. Great South has already signalled it would focus on opportunities associated with oats in its current annual report and statement of intent documents. People were cottoning on that oat milk was good for the environment, that the oats could be grown here, but the last bit was to make the milk in New Zealand as well, he said. This issue of Southland Times All Newspapers For these words “Great South has been working on the potential of oats as a product for some time, with a view to supporting the diversification of the Southland economy. To do so, the team turned the Mart into both a community and educational space, brought to life through collaborative efforts. Great South strategic projects general manager Steve Canny had previously said: “we have developed the concept of an oat-based industry and are in talks with potential investors to advance the initiative.”. Our dairy products are valued for their quality around the world by producers of fine food and beverages. A. Hillis, W. A. The company is currently looking for interested investors. Much of this export went to the United Kingdom. Photograph, Edendale Dairy Factory About this object. These producers have pooled their resources to provide consumer education in nutrition, to promote dairy product use, and provide dairy … Location. Our dairy products are valued for their quality around the world by producers of fine food and beverages. Photographer unidentified. The opening of a new $240 million milk plant in Southland is expected to bring major benefits to the region's farmers and the local economy. He became the chairman of directors for Whiterig Dairy Factory … Location. Southland Demonstration Farm - DairyNZ Southland Demonstration Farm operates as a commercial demonstration farm which provides a focal point for the dissemination of information to southern South Island dairy farmers. The plant could side-step the huge costs of transporting Kiwi oats around the world to be processed and then returned to consumers here. Artist rendering of early milk delivery service, completed 1965. These producers have pooled their resources to provide consumer education in nutrition, promote dairy product use, and provide dairy product information. The lower South Island was not a good place for dairy herds, but it was good for oats, hemp and peas, just the infrastructure was missing, Wilkie said. New members very welcome. READ MORE: * Oat milk company plans purpose-built factory to meet surging demand * Southland oat industry deepens homegrown roots * Southland's aim of high value oats industry gathers steam. The principle objectives of SDDT is to foster the regional development of sustainable and profitable dairy farming within Southland and West Otago. The plant, much extended, is now the only one in Southland apart from the town milk supply in Invercargill. 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