Dairy's role in sustaining New Zealand - Fonterra

Figure 3 Importance of dairy to regional employment
Dairy farm and processing jobs as % of total in region
Figure 3 Importance of dairy to regional employment
Dairy farm and processing jobs as % of total in region
Source: DoL, NZIER
A complete
A complete
table
table
of
of
dairy employment
employment
statistics
statistics
for each
for
of New
each
Zealand’s
of New
74 Territorial
Zealand’s
Local
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Authorities is contained in Appendix E.
Territorial Local Authorities is contained in Appendix E.
1.7 Contribution to other sectors’ performance
Final report - 16 November 2010
Of course, the dairy farming and processing sector do not operate in isolation. They have
strong upstream and downstream links to other parts of the New Zealand economy.
1.7 Contribution to other sectors’ performance
1.7.1 Supply chain
Of course, the dairy farming and processing sector do not operate in isolation. They
The dairy sector can conceptually be broken into a dairy farming industry and a dairy
have strong
processing
upstream
industry. Dairy
and
farming
downstream
generates
links
the raw
to
milk
other
that the
parts
dairy
of
processing
the New
industry
Zealand
economy. uses as an input, and produces processed dairy products for sale to domestic consumers,
export markets and other industries.
1.7.1 Supply chain
The dairy sector can conceptually be broken into a dairy farming industry and a dairy
processing industry. Dairy farming generates the raw milk that the dairy processing
industry uses as an input, and produces processed dairy products 6 for sale to
domestic consumers, export markets and other industries.
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In our model, we have a variety of processed dairy products, but for simplification for this work,
we consider one generic processed dairy product. Similarly, farm income from other sources than
just milk 6. In (e.g. our model, stock we have and a variety other of processed sales) dairy is included products, but in for the simplification modelling for this but work, not we consider singled one generic out in processed the
reporting.
dairy product. Similarly, farm income from other sources than just milk (e.g. stock and other sales) is included in the modelling but
not singled out in the reporting.
NZIER – Dairy’s role in generating growth
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Dairy’s role in generating growth
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