Gerry Harvey points to his dongas in justifying dairy play
![Gerry Harvey says dongas were a left-field diversification and so is dairy. But entrepeneurial skills is needed in corporate Australia and this is why ASX-listed Harvey Norman has grown.](/content/dam/images/z/r/1/g/n/image.related.afrIndexLead.320x210.gjf07w.png/1441351304173.jpg)
Retailing billionaire Gerry Harvey says an investment into dongas shows how important the entrepreneurial spirit is.
Retailing billionaire Gerry Harvey says an investment into dongas shows how important the entrepreneurial spirit is.
Australian beef usually destined for cheap hamburgers will instead be sold at a premium in China after a NSW cattle company struck a deal with JD.com, an online retailer headed by Chinese billionaire Richard Liu.
Harvey Norman's investment in a dairy company is impossible to understand and shareholders deserve a proper explanation of the deal.
Ma Xingfa see China's future in eating Australian beef, but he and his Melbourne-educated son still have reservations about the appetite for Chinese investment.
Farmers are calling on dairy processors to maintain the current prices they pay for milk, saying slashing farm cheques would threaten Australia's dairy production and in some cases force farmers of the land.
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