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Dairy bonanza could top $2b
The dairy industry will pump $1 billion extra into the economy based on next season's Fonterra milk price forecast, says Westpac bank.

Fonterra's next payout may top $1 million per farmer
Fonterra farmers have been told their average cheque for next season may soar to record heights.

Fonterra says next season's payout may top $8.00
Fonterra today announced an opening forecast payout for the 2010/11 season of $6.90-$7.10 and said the full payout for the season might top $8.00.

<i>David Parker:</i> Keep farmland under NZ ownership
David Parker: Keep farmland under NZ ownership

Crafar in farm buy-back bid
Allan Crafar says he'll be able to put in an offer to buy his former land off the receivers later this week.

Middle Eastern scouts eye Crafar farms
An Australian is in town scouting out assets for Bahrani interests - which may include the Crafar farms

The rise and fall, and rise and fall of Norgate
The qualities that helped Craig Norgate reshape New Zealand's rural landscape have contributed to his undoing.

Probe launched into Chinese Crafar farm buy
The woman behind Natural Dairy's $1.5b purchase offer for Crafar farms, currently under investigation, has struck out over media coverage of the bid.

Fonterra boss warns farmers of 'volatile world'
Sir Henry van der Heyden has urged dairy farmers to shore up their businesses against possible future volatility.