Editing Feilding (section)

==Economy==
Employing about 30 people with a payroll of $1.5m in 2015, Proliant, an [[Iowa]] based firm privately held by the father and son team of Wally and Nix Lauridsen, constructed a $24m factory on the outskirts of Feilding for the production of a byproduct from cattle blood plasma, [[bovine serum albumin]] (BSA), which is used in pharmaceuticals, vaccines and medical research. Proliant produces about half of the world's BSA.<ref>{{cite web | last = Galuszka | first= Jono | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/8655262/US-biofirm-to-build-factory-near-Feilding/ | title = US biofirm to build factory near Feilding | website = stuff.co.nz | date= 10 May 2013 | access-date= 1 February 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.proliantinc.com/ Proliant Inc. website]</ref><ref>[http://www.proliantbiologicals.com/about/ Proliant Biologicals website]</ref><ref name = ProliantNZ>{{cite web | url = http://www.proliantbiologicals.com/biological-products/standard-grade-bsa/ | title = Proliant Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) New Zealand Source | access-date = 1 February 2015}}</ref>

In the [[Manawatū District]] of the people aged 15 years or over:
* 40% earn $20,000 or less (NZ 38.8%)
* 14% earn more than $50,000 (NZ 16.2%)
* the unemployment rate is 3.8% (NZ 7.3%)
* 73.4% of permanent private dwellings are owned with or without a mortgage by the occupant(s) (NZ 66.9%)<ref>{{Cite web|title = Live – Feilding|url = http://www.feilding.co.nz/live.html|website = www.feilding.co.nz|access-date = 4 January 2016}}</ref>[[File:637.132 Cheltenham Co-Operative Dairy Factory, Feilding restored.jpg|thumb|Cheltenham Co-Operative Dairy Factory, Makino, Feilding]]