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Farmers forced to dump milk
About 100 farmers in Otago and Southland were forced to dump milk over the weekend in the aftermath of the milk silo collapse at Fonterra's Edendale site.
About 100 farmers in Otago and Southland were forced to dump milk over the weekend in the aftermath of the milk silo collapse at Fonterra's Edendale site.
Dairy farmers have endured one of their worst ever years, but Fonterra is set to report one of its best.
Fire service spokesman Steve Lee said an unspecified amount of milk had been spilt at the Edendale factory.
Emergency services are at the scene of incident involving a milk silo at Fonterra's Edendale plant.
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Stu Gray is enjoying the positive vibes at Fonterra but is also keeping his feet on the ground.
Fonterra has raised its farmgate milk price forecast by 50 cents to $4.75 per kg of milksolids.
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Fonterra's Southland/Otago Head Mark Robinson chats to The Country Early Edition's Dom George about what's happening in his patch at the moment.
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Fonterra's Chief Operating Officer for Farm Source reviews the latest GDT auction which resulted in a 6.6% rise in dairy commodity prices, while whole milk powder lifted 9.9%.
World dairy prices have shot higher at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, with the GDT price index gaining 6.6pc.
Cost cutting by farmers had helped to drag down Dairy NZ's break-even price to $5.05 per kg of milk solids from $5.25 previously.
Fonterra's chairman talks about today's announcement about the earnings per share forecast for the 2016-17 season and the farmgate milk price forecast remaining at $4.25.
The dairy giant has stuck with its farmgate milkprice of $4.25.
ASB Bank is punting on Fonterra leaving its 2016/7 farmgate milk price forecast unchanged at $4.25 a kg of milk solids.
Fonterra's Bay of Plenty Head of Co-operative affairs Lisa Payne updates us on what's happening in the region at the moment.
Fonterra will update its farmgate milk price and reveal earnings per share forecasts for 2016/17 on Monday.
Head of Co-operative affairs for Fonterra in Northland Eric Morrison caught up with The Country Early Edition's Dom George today.