Norco, Australia’s only 100% farmer-owned dairy cooperative, is set to boost production at its Lismore ice-cream facility with a $30 million factory upgrade kicking off this month. The investment is expected to increase ice cream production by an additional 20 million litres per year, allowing Norco to meet current demand for its popular Hinterland…
Today Coles has been found to not have paid money that our Norco farmers were rightly owed. Around $5.25 million is owed to our Norco farmers. This follows an ACCC investigation into whether Coles fully passed on to Norco a 10 cents per litre price rise it charged consumers. This was for Coles branded fresh…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan and the Minister for Agriculture Senator The Hon. Bridget McKenzie today inspected the progress of Norco’s $30 million extension of its Ice-Cream facility in Lismore. “Norco is a fantastic example of what farmers can do when they work together,” Minister McKenzie said “I am passionate about producers gaining market…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan has welcomed the calling of the election on May 18. “It is a great honour to be our community’s representative in Canberra. I have and always will have, our community’s interests front and centre.” “In this role it is about integrity, I say what I believe and I do…
“Great news in the budget for local projects. $332 million allocated this year and $221 million next year to complete the duplication of the Pacific Highway by 2020, the Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said. “Also both the Regional Growth Fund and the Building Better Regions Fund have had funding extensions. These are the…
Work is set to start on Norco’s $30 million extension of its Ice-Cream facility in Lismore, the Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan announced today. “This expansion will help secure the jobs of 830 employees across the whole of the Norco business and ensure the sustainability of the co-operative’s 200 farm members,” he said. The…
The livelihoods of our local dairy and cattle farmers would be destroyed under a Greens idea that cattle don’t belong in Australia the Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said. Statements by a local Greens candidate that “Cattle don’t belong on this land”, shows how out of touch he and his party are from our…
The 850 jobs at Norco and the sustainability of the co-operative’s 220 farm members has been assured with today’s announcement of a $30 million expansion of Norco’s ice-cream facility in Lismore, Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said. “Norco came to me with plans to double the production at their Ice-Cream factory to ensure the…
Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan today thanked local agricultural representatives who met with the Agricultural Minister David Littleproud during his two-day tour of the Northern Rivers and Coffs Harbour’s Northern Beaches. The local Agriculture sector generates around $1 billion a year and employs thousands of people directly. “Agriculture is an extremely important industry to…