1950s, Go Dairy - Milk Tanker Collection Introduction, Herringbone Milking Shed Developed, On-Farm Milk Cooling, Dairy Products Exports to Britain

Introduction of tanker delivery of whole milk from farms to the factory.

Waikato farmer, Ron Sharp develops the herringbone dairy, cutting milking times in half.

New milking machine developed at Ruakura featuring stainless steel and automatic cleaning.

Cooling of milk on-farm is introduced.

Britain agrees to allow the free entry of New Zealand dairy products until 1967.