Would be interesting how many of those Waikato farmers are A2, or in the process of converting....??
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Dairy factories are just big boxes full of stainless steel. Easy to replicate, and since the townies have decided farmers are not allowed any more cows there are already too many factories.
On the other hand ATM has developed an enormously powerful brand that would be very difficult to replicate.
One bears no correlation with the other.
But ATM's brand relies on Synlait having Chinese certified boxes of stainless steel which I'm not at all sure are easy to replicate. I also seem to recall some contractor going under which could well have delayed the making of those easy to replicate stainless steel boxes but Synlaits management had done a smart thing and werent affected (or if so would be compensated)
Obviously the relationship between these two companies is symbiotic but my view is that ATM needs Synlait more than the other way round.
Its cows that produce A2. According to guru Keith Woodford "LIC advice, based on DNA information held within their national database, is that 44 percent of New Zealand Friesians are A2, 53 percent of Kiwi Cross are A2, and about 66 percent of Jerseys are A2". An interesting article her :https://keithwoodford.wordpress.com/2018/03/13/a2-herd-conversion-strategies/