Danone Nutricia has reported a full-year loss it attributes to ongoing fallout from the Fonterra botulism scare in 2013.

Is global consulting firm McKinsey reviewing management at Fonterra? Seems so, though Fonterra won't confirm it.

The sale of Lochinver station to Chinese interests spearheaded by Shanghai Pengxin reignited concerns about farm sales to foreigners during the election campaign.

The yawning gap between supply and demand once again made its presence felt at the latest GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction.

The ANZ Commodity Price Index for May fell by 4.7pc, following April's 7.4 per cent decline.

International dairy prices continued to fall as the market struggles to recover from a supply/demand imbalance and subdued demand from China.

The next eight months will be lean for dairy farmers but Rabobank NZ chief Ben Russell says he is confident the downturn will be cyclical and one most farmers can cope with.

Trust set-up raises issue of whether farmer shareholder and external investor interests in Fonterra are fully aligned.

Next season's average farmer income will drop by $150,000 based on Fonterra's $5.25 per kg forecast, says DairyNZ.

Fonterra's cut its payout forecast by 10c to $4.40 a kilo of milk solids and says it expects to pay out $5.25 a kilo for next season.

Fran O'Sullivan asks, when is enough enough when it comes to Chinese investment in the New Zealand dairy sector?

A slump in dairy exports weighed on the trade balance last month.

It's crunch time for dairy farmers this week when Fonterra releases its farmgate milk price forecast for the coming 2015/16 season.

There's been another fall in world dairy prices, with the GDT index down to its lowest level since August 2009.

The last GlobalDairyTrade auction for the season is tomorrow and dairy analysts say indications are that prices may be about to bottom out.

Farm prices have continued to rise, despite the near halving of milk prices over the last year, according to REINZ.

Fonterra's strategy has to start delivering or its market share will shrink further, says Federated Farmers Otago dairy chairman Stephen Crawford.

Fonterra will late this month release its milk price forecast for 2015/16 and indications are that it will be towards the lower end of market expectations.

Shareholders in Australian dairy co-operative Murray Goulburn (MG) have voted in favour of a Fonterra-style capital structure that will see its units trade on the ASX.

Tim Groser's warning that the dairy sector would effectively have to guts it out during a period of low milk payouts was timely.

International dairy prices fell for the fourth time in a row at this morning's GlobalDairyTrade auction.

New Zealand commodity prices had their biggest decline since the height of the global financial crisis in 2008, led by falling dairy product prices.

Fonterra has fallen into line with market expectations after oversupply and extreme volatility on world dairy markets prompted the co-operative to once again lower its farmgate milk price.

The price of Fonterra Shareholders' Fund units fell to their lowest point since listing after the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction registered another fall in product prices.

International dairy prices fell for the third time in a row at this morning’s GlobalDairyTrade auction.