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UNBELIEVABLE: Saputo - The Untold Story

Huge rise in factory-style dairy farming of ‘battery cows’ in UK as costs rise

Investigation finds number of dairy farms where cows cannot go outside has more than doubled since 2015

The Guardian - UK

Cottage cheese sold at Walmart recalled in 24 states due to ‘significant health risk’

Consuming affected products could pose significant health risks, especially to young and elderly or immunocompromised individuals

The Independent UK

RSPCA slams violent attacks on cows at Cathedral City cheese farms

Dairy firm warns farmers against strangers after men caught on film jabbing animals with sharp objects and punching and kicking them

The Independent UK

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Last-minute buyer saves century-old cheese maker

King Island Dairy, which was slated to close, has been given a lifeline, with owner Saputo announcing it has found a buyer for the specialty cheese business.

AAP

Nostalgic goodbye to King Island Dairy sees community bracing to ‘lose some families’

Local Australian brands struggling to survive the ‘scale game’ as shoppers cut costs

The Guardian - AU

Remote island's century-old cheese maker to close

King Island Dairy, on the tiny Bass Strait outpost, will close in mid-2025 after a buyer could not be found, owner Saputo has announced.

AAP

Award-winning cheese manufacturer could be sold

Dairy giant Saputo has indicated it may sell its award-winning cheese-making operations on remote King Island amid a strategic review.

AAP

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Victorian dairy workers say they want to ‘keep communities alive’ amid industrial dispute

Processing workers who went on strike this week were fighting for the right for community consultation, as well as a 5% pay rise

The Guardian - AU

Supermarkets deny milk shortages as strike continues

Coles and Woolworths have rejected reports of milk shortages as 1400 dairy processing workers continue their strike for better pay and conditions.

AAP

Dairy workers walk off the job over pay, conditions

More than 1400 workers demanding improved wages and conditions are walking off the job at 13 sites across Victoria.

AAP

Woolworths working on ‘contingency plans’ for milk supply as Victorian dairy workers strike

Some truck drivers walked off the job on Tuesday, ahead of planned strike of 1,400 workers

The Guardian - AU

Dairy workers to walk off the job for better pay

Victoria's dairy industry is reassuring consumers ahead of a two-day strike by more than 1400 workers for improved wages and working conditions.

AAP

Fears Coles milk buyout could sour market for farmers

There are concerns that a Coles plan to buy two milk processing plants will give the supermarket giant greater power and bargaining influence on the market.

AAP

Dairy farmers to lose thousands as milk processors slash price offerings by up to 10 per cent

As opening prices from the country's major milk processors were slowly released over the past two weeks, news they have slashed offers to farmers have sent sour waves of anger rippling through the industry.

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Bulla Dairy Foods announces opening farmgate milk price as farmers continue to exit industry

The first farmgate milk price for the new dairy season is released, nine days before the deadline for processors to publish minimum prices.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jury convicts all four defendants in ComEd bribery trial — and fires a warning shot at Michael Madigan

Michael Madigan confidant Michael McClain, former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, ex-ComEd lobbyist John Hooker and onetime City Club President Jay Doherty were all accused in the trial of a bribery conspiracy aimed at illegally swaying the powerful Democrat to benefit ComEd.

ABC News

Coles supermarket buys Saputo milk processing plants for $105m

Supermarket chain Coles becomes a milk processor for the first time, buying two milk factories from Canadian dairy giant Saputo for $105 million.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Defense finally gets crack at feds’ key witness in ComEd bribery trial, says he was ‘scared’ when FBI agents came to his door

Former ComEd exec had been questioned over three days by federal prosecutors as they detailed the many ways the company allegedly tried to bribe former House Speaker Michael Madigan to benefit ComEd.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘How else can we help you?’ Jurors hear and see Madigan’s vast patronage system inside ComEd

The feds’ key witness, former ComEd Vice President Fidel Marquez, spent hours testifying Tuesday about how he and other ComEd executives fielded constant requests to find jobs for people he said were pushed for employment by Madigan, even when evaluations found their qualifications lacking.

The Canberra Times

'It's not good enough': Unions criticise Canberra Milk factory closure

Secretary of UnionsACT, Kasey Tomkins, said there are more than 19 employees at the facility who will be affected by the move.

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