“It’s a brilliant result and best of all, it’s all coming into the Waikato,” says David Fish, a Tatua shareholder and Federated Farmers member.

“I can tell you the $8.10 kilogram of milk solids (kg/MS) we’re getting for the 2010/11 season is a brilliant result."

“It’s significant the cooperative has retained 58 cents kg/MS from earnings because we’ve got a plant expansion underway. There’s a feeling that we’ll be able to get productivity growth from our farms in order to meet the need for more milk."

“We may be a small cooperative but I tend to think we’re perfectly formed. The members are close to staff and management and we have a strong family feel."

“The thing is that we’re highly adaptive and responsive to the needs of our customers wherever they are in the world. This proves you can build a sizeable global business from the provinces."

“As a Tatua shareholder, I really couldn’t be happier with the way we’re positioned,” Mr Fish concluded.