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Allan Barber reports on work within some key innovative partnerships

Dairy farming company Southern Pastures recognises the importance of managing its business with careful consideration for animal welfare, environmental footprint, and productivity. The company is working closely with LIC and Rissington to identify the right beef genetics in combination with technologies such as sexed semen

Lewis Road Creamery launches Winter Spice Milk in celebration of Matariki public holiday

The local legends at Lewis Road Creamery have built a reputation for their selection of flavoured milks, from chocolate - which infamously sparked a frenzied, nationwide shortage in 2014 - to double caramel butterscotch to banoffee. Now, the boutique dairy company is launching the latest addition to

Horopito stars in Matariki milk

Lewis Road Creamery has partnered with Pouarua Farms to produce a winter spice milk infused with horopito for Matariki, in a product development that is purely for celebration not for profit. Pouarua Farms are jointly owned by Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Paoa, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Tara

Premium Lewis Road Creamery export butter now on NZ shelves

Premium butter made from Lewis Road's parent Southern Pastures' cream, and sold under the Lewis Road Creamery brand, will now be available to New Zealanders. In 2020, the butter became the first, and remains the only, New Zealand dairy product to be stocked US-wide by Whole Foods.

Southern Pastures appoints Neil Senauer as CEO of Grass Fed Products

Dairy investment fund Southern Pastures has appointed Neil Senauer as chief executive of its wholesale and food-service business NZ Grass Fed Products. Senauer will relocate from Melbourne to Queenstown to take up the role this month. NZ Grass Fed Products sells butter, cheese and milk

Lewis Road launches premium butter at discounted rate for New Zealanders

Butter aficionados are in for a treat with Lewis Road Creamery’s premium butter finally available in New Zealand supermarkets. The grass-fed, traditionally churned butter launched in supermarkets on Monday, two years after it became the first New Zealand dairy product to be stocked by US

Prem Maan on a ‘super-premium’ Lewis Road launch, cost inflation and raising prices

Lewis Road Creamery is making its export-only super premium butter available in New Zealand, as it balances inflationary pressures with its strategy to drive the premiumisation of dairy products. The boutique dairy company, founded by former Saatchi & Saatchi boss Peter Cullinane and now owned

Dairy business gets loan discount if hits environmental targets

BNZ is offering a loan discount to dairy investor Southern Pastures, if it meets water and biodiversity targets on its farms, in a New Zealand first. The $50 million sustainability-linked loan is a pilot but BNZ will roll it out more widely if successful. In

Nicole, Beekeeper at Southern Pastures NZ

NZ’s First Farm Sustainability Linked Loan

In a New Zealand first, ethical dairy investor Southern Pastures has entered into a three-year $50 million sustainability-linked farm loan with BNZ and its syndicate. Southern Pastures, owner of Lewis Road Creamery, will receive financial incentives for meeting new water quality and biodiversity targets and

$10 block of butter shows consumer demand for responsibly farmed products

A block of New Zealand butter selling for about $10 in the United States shows that there is demand for products farmed more responsibly, says chairman and founder of Southern Pastures, Prem Maan. Southern Pastures is an agricultural fund that owns 19 dairy farms in