Nineteen people have been arrested in China for allegedly repackaging expired Fonterra milk powder with a view to sell it.

Australia, like New Zealand, is facing sharply lower milk production because of a wetter-than-normal spring.

Two big banks have upgraded their farmgate milk price forecasts after a modest gain in product prices at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction.

International dairy prices improved slightly at this morning's Global Dairy Trade auction, gaining by 1.4 per cent since the last sale early this month.

More kids are consuming at least the recommended minimum amount of dairy following the supply of a daily drink of milk in schools, new research has found.

The antitrust regulator released its draft report on Fonterra's 2016/17 milk price manual, which for the first time includes sales outside GDT...

Bad weather takes its toll on New Zealand milk production at a time when it should be hitting a seasonal peak.

Fonterra's strategy of shifting more milk, quicker, into the value-added side of the business is gaining momentum after getting off

The key change to the governance model will enable farmers to directly nominate their own choice for selection to the board.

The decline is the first in five auctions.

Professor Jacqueline Rowarth caught up with Dom George on The Country today to talk about the Fonterra Governance Vote taking place

Positive vibes in the dairy industry?

Tatua Co-op dairy payout drops to $6.30 a kg, but is still well ahead of its larger competitors like Fonterra.

European farmers scaled back their milk production in June, the first time they've done so since March 2015, Fonterra Cooperative

The ongoing strength of the New Zealand dollar continues to undermine most agricultural exporters in general.

COMMENT: It is still too early for Fonterra's top brass to perform a victory roll.

Fonterra's Head of co-operative affairs for Bay of Plenty Lisa Payne chats to Dom George.

The new model allows farmers to directly nominate their choice for selection to the board.

The outlook for dairy farmers has turned positive after Fonterra raised its farm gate milk price for the second time in less than a month.

The raised milk price forecast of $5.25 per kilo of milksolids is past the estimated break-even and will be good news for farmers.

The 1.7 per cent gain at the latest GlobalDairyTrade was well short of market expectations.

The majority of Fonterra's Edendale plant was back in operation and milk collections were back to normal.

Fonterra has commissioned a new $360million dryer at its Lichfield site in South Waikato, boosting daily milk processing capacity by more than 4million litres.

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.

There are eight important things to look out for in Fonterra's result.

Dairy farmers are facing an improved outlook but they remain cautious about where prices go from here.

The Commerce Commission wants Fonterra Cooperative Group to more regularly review the basket of products used to set its farmgate