Just what is the make up of our dairy industry? However, in a 66-page submission on a review of the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (DIRA), it called for an end to the "open entry" rule. Fonterra said open entry had helped build New Zealand's "vibrant and competitive" dairy sector but was no longer being relied on as it once might have been. In its current form DIRA provides large dairy processors with access to regulated milk from Fonterra, while they establish own supply. CHRIS MCKEEN/STUFF Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell says the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act has been critical in creating New Zealand's competitive dairy sector.

Source: Stuff February 18, 2019 01:18 UTC