Dairy turmoil shows folly of narrow focus
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Lewis Road Creamery is "delighted" to have resolved a complaint with Fonterra.
New Zealand milk collection fell 5.7% in first half due to unfavourable weather.
Fonterra's chairman comments on the latest GDT auction (down 0.5%) and looks back on a year where whole milk powder prices have nearly doubled.
Prices at Fonterra's fortnightly GlobalDairyTrade auction have dipped slightly.
New Zealand consumer confidence posted its biggest lift in four years as rural communities were more upbeat after gains in dairy prices
Lewis Road believes Fonterra has copied its milk packaging for its Kapiti Milk range, including shape and labelling which uses a similar cow.
Paul Grave is Head of the Waikato for Fonterra, he took a break from Christmas madness to chat to Dom George from The Country Early Edition.
A fifth of share milkers who responded to a Federated Farmers survey said they were coming under pressure from their bank on their
Lewis Road Creamery founder Peter Cullinane is accusing Fonterra of negotiating a "greedy" deal with supermarkets.
Fonterra has told shareholders that the indicative payout level this season will be $6.40 per kilogram of milk solids.
Economists say there is clear upside to $6 milk price forecasts following another strong GlobalDairyTrade auction result.
From Monday milk tankers and other essential freight will be given access in and out of Kaikoura.
Fonterra Head of Co-operative Affairs for Canterbury Stu Gray chats to Dom George about postponing his retirement to help farmers affected by the earthquakes.
When it comes to eating ice cream, the people of Invercargill are New Zealand champions.
Fonterra topped the Deloitte Top 200 again this year for profit -- increasing 65 per cent.
A small band of protesters stood outside Fonterra's headquarters in downtown Auckland today to demonstrate against the co-operative's extensive use of coal.
Fonterra is developing a new range of products to appeal to Asian markets including candy cheese, low salt cheese, and medicinal lactose.
Fonterra Cooperative Group says milk collection has been restored in earthquake damaged Culverden, Waiau and Amuri areas.
Declining global milk production, including in New Zealand, has underpinned a milk price forecast boost by Fonterra yesterday. Fonterra
Fonterra today increased its 2016/17 forecast Farmgate Milk Price by 75 cents to $6.00 per kgMS.
A Fonterra milk tanker driver was uninjured when his truck and trailer crashed off the road near Woodville this morning. The tanker
Some dairy farmers in the South Island might have to dispose of their milk due to road closures and other issues.
Dairy prices have risen 4.5 per cent at Fonterra's latest GlobalDairyTrade auction.
Fonterra expects disruption to milk collection and farms that cannot be reached may have to dispose of their milk.
Farm finances starting to look much better after a big lift in dairy prices at the latest GloblaDairyTrade sale.
Fonterra's chairman talks about a great GDT auction result overnight along with the other pressing rural issues of the day.
Economists went back to the drawing board to revise up their farmgate milk price forecasts.
At the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction the key whole milk powder price went up nearly 20 per cent.