Barry Soper: Mycoplasma bovis could be storm cloud waiting to burst
If you’re a cow cockie in God’s Own you could be forgiven for feeling under siege at the moment.
Harvey Norman shareholders down $107m on Gerry’s dairy lark
Back in February, billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey implored investors to “sell your boat, sell your car, sell your house, buy Harvey Norman shares” after the market wiped 12.45 per cent off the company’s value in one session, responding to its weaker than expected first-half result (which was in no small part down to the $20.67 million write-down of, and $4.57 million trading losses from, Harvey Norman’s inexplicable 50 per cent stake in a Coomboona dairy farm).
Japanese dairy firm Yakult to expand China factory
Japanese dairy firm Yakult has signed a deal to expand its factory in the east China city of Wuxi to become the company’s largest plant in China, the local government said Thursday.
Roger Smith: No lack of transparency on M bovis response
Ministry has been open and honest on efforts to halt or control serious disease, writes Roger Smith.
