Monday, May 25, 2009
OFWs benefit from expansion of New Zealand dairy industry
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The rapid expansion of New Zealand's dairy industry continues to benefit Filipino workers flocking to that country in search of the proverbial "greener pasture."
No less than New Zealand's dairy farm owners and recruiters, through that country's mass media, have been reporting many vacancies.
Published reports furnished The Star by a Filipino now working in New Zealand showed that Filipinos have great promise in this island nation of 4.3 million people situated southeast of Australia.
One newspaper, The Southland Times, quoted NZ farmers and recruiters as saying that more than 3,000 workers are needed to fill the gap created by the rapid expansion of the dairy industry.
"Spurred by soaring milk prices that will result in the 11,600 dairy farmers grossing six-or seven-figure sums each this year (2008), the industry is growing so quickly employment recruiters cannot keep up," it stated.
Vacancies for dairy farm workers in Southland and Otago in NZ's southern region are expected to be filled by workers from other countries, among them the Philippines, said Peter MacFarlane, Director of the Southland agricultural recruitment company Greener Horizons.
The Straight Furrow also reported: "Filipino dairy workers to relieve the shortage on New Zealand farms were becoming a reality after Weimate man Hayden Creed interviewed about 1,000 applicants in the Philippines recent (2008)."
Creed had planned to bring 200 Filipino workers in 2008 but the number was unlikely to be enough. "Next year (2009) we may have to get triple that number to satisfy demand."
He noted that Filipino workers are generally liked by NZ farmers and many of them could go on to apply for residency and become New Zealand citizens.
"They are going to benefit in New Zealand. These guys in five years time are going to be herd managers," Creed projected.
Another newspaper, Otago Southland Farmer, once headlined an article thus "Filipinos find opportunity to progress."
The Southern Rural Life bannered: "Filipinos find opportunity to progress."
An agency also once advertised that Filipinos in its dairy farm staff are "experienced" with good English, hardworking, honest and reliable.
In it's Sept. 17, 2008 issue, The Southern Rural Life featured Fabela and Elmer Maglaqui as among about 500 Filipinos now working in dairy farms in New Zealand's Southland. There are about 15,000 Filipinos in New Zealand.
"As the dairy industry expands, there is insufficient labor to meet its needs, so people like Mr.Maglaqui and Mr.Fabela are welcomed by farmers," article author Yvonne O'hara wrote.
The two are workers of Quadrant pastoral on a 360m Orawia farm owned by Jol.
No less than New Zealand's dairy farm owners and recruiters, through that country's mass media, have been reporting many vacancies.
Published reports furnished The Star by a Filipino now working in New Zealand showed that Filipinos have great promise in this island nation of 4.3 million people situated southeast of Australia.
One newspaper, The Southland Times, quoted NZ farmers and recruiters as saying that more than 3,000 workers are needed to fill the gap created by the rapid expansion of the dairy industry.
"Spurred by soaring milk prices that will result in the 11,600 dairy farmers grossing six-or seven-figure sums each this year (2008), the industry is growing so quickly employment recruiters cannot keep up," it stated.
Vacancies for dairy farm workers in Southland and Otago in NZ's southern region are expected to be filled by workers from other countries, among them the Philippines, said Peter MacFarlane, Director of the Southland agricultural recruitment company Greener Horizons.
The Straight Furrow also reported: "Filipino dairy workers to relieve the shortage on New Zealand farms were becoming a reality after Weimate man Hayden Creed interviewed about 1,000 applicants in the Philippines recent (2008)."
Creed had planned to bring 200 Filipino workers in 2008 but the number was unlikely to be enough. "Next year (2009) we may have to get triple that number to satisfy demand."
He noted that Filipino workers are generally liked by NZ farmers and many of them could go on to apply for residency and become New Zealand citizens.
"They are going to benefit in New Zealand. These guys in five years time are going to be herd managers," Creed projected.
Another newspaper, Otago Southland Farmer, once headlined an article thus "Filipinos find opportunity to progress."
The Southern Rural Life bannered: "Filipinos find opportunity to progress."
An agency also once advertised that Filipinos in its dairy farm staff are "experienced" with good English, hardworking, honest and reliable.
In it's Sept. 17, 2008 issue, The Southern Rural Life featured Fabela and Elmer Maglaqui as among about 500 Filipinos now working in dairy farms in New Zealand's Southland. There are about 15,000 Filipinos in New Zealand.
"As the dairy industry expands, there is insufficient labor to meet its needs, so people like Mr.Maglaqui and Mr.Fabela are welcomed by farmers," article author Yvonne O'hara wrote.
The two are workers of Quadrant pastoral on a 360m Orawia farm owned by Jol.
Labels: Greener Horizons, Otago Southland Farmer, philippine news online, The Southland Times
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