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![Farmers told to keep their budgets tight](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Farmers told to keep their budgets tight
Farmers will be disappointed with Fonterra's downwardly revised forecast dividend for the current season, especially given the low farm gate milk price.
![Double whammy from Fonterra results](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Double whammy from Fonterra results
Expectations that a higher dividend from Fonterra would at least partly offset a low milk price went by the wayside yesterday when the co-operative lowered its dividend forecast range.
![Dairy sector tipped to deal with EU boost](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Dairy sector tipped to deal with EU boost
The dairy industry can weather the prospect of increased production from the EU once quotas are lifted on April 1, says the chief executive of the farmer-funded DairyNZ.
![Fonterra expected to hold forecast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fonterra expected to hold forecast
Economists expect Fonterra to stick with its $4.70 per kg farm gate milk price forecast for 2014/15 when it reports its first-half result tomorrow.
![Formula cleared of 1080](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Formula cleared of 1080
All of the samples of infant formula tested by police after being suspected of possible tampering have tested negative for 1080.
![Formula threat: More resources pumped into investigation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Formula threat: More resources pumped into investigation
Authorities are no closer to saying if the threat to poison baby formula with 1080 was a hoax, or who wrote the blackmail threats - even with 30 staff on the case.
![Formula tested amid tampering fears](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Formula tested amid tampering fears
Police are testing infant formula after a number of tins were found with pin-pricks in packaging lids.
![Winning streak over as dairy prices fall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Winning streak over as dairy prices fall
International dairy prices fell by 8.8 per cent at this morning's GlobalDairyTrade auction - the first sale to be held since the 1080 infant formula scare.
![Fran O'Sullivan: 'Fonterra first' puts rest outside the loop](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fran O'Sullivan: 'Fonterra first' puts rest outside the loop
Wellington Beltway denizens often refer to MFAT as standing for the Ministry for Fonterra and other Trade.
![Fonterra aims for baby milk boost](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fonterra aims for baby milk boost
A partnership with Beingmate Baby & Child could begin boosting Fonterra's branded infant formula sales in China this year.
![Meat industry report backs co-op model](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Meat industry report backs co-op model
A report into New Zealand's meat industry has come out heavily in favour of a single co-operative business model similar to Fonterra's to deal with decades-old issues of overcapacity and too much....
![Focus on auction after 1080 furore](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Focus on auction after 1080 furore
Market sentiment at tomorrow's GlobalDairyTrade auction will be tested following the revelations last week of a threat to the food safety of New Zealand infant formula, says ANZ.
![Fonterra's $750m China deal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fonterra's $750m China deal
Dairy giant Fonterra will purchase an 18.8 per cent stake in Chinese infant formula maker Beingmate Baby & Child, slightly less than the 20 per cent shareholding it was aiming for.
![Liam Dann: Plenty of practice with dairy safety issues](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Liam Dann: Plenty of practice with dairy safety issues
This time, with the threat made by some nasty individual to poison baby formula with 1080, it certainly seems like Government and industry efforts have been much better co-ordinated.
![Dairy threat weighs heavily on NZ dollar](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Dairy threat weighs heavily on NZ dollar
Fallout from this week's baby formula contamination threat weighed heavily on the New Zealand dollar yesterday, with news of curtailed orders from China driving the currency lower still.
![Editorial: 1080 warning a double-edged sword](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Editorial: 1080 warning a double-edged sword
The Government was right to say nothing until discreet inquiries had failed and there is a chance a public appeal might help police catch him. The interval appears to have permitted the industry to be well prepared.
![Exports face China test for poison](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Exports face China test for poison
Dairy exports may already be stuck on Chinese wharves as a result of a new import requirement that products be tested for 1080 contamination, says an industry group.
![Police contact 1080 opponents](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Police contact 1080 opponents
Police have been contacting known 1080 opponents in a bid to find the person behind a threat to contaminate New Zealand's baby formula stocks.
![1080 threat: Retailers ramp up security](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
1080 threat: Retailers ramp up security
The Warehouse and Foodstuffs are reassuring customers they are doing everything they can to boost security in their stores.
![Formula threat: World reacts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Formula threat: World reacts
News of New Zealand's infant formula contamination threat has spread across the world. Here is a selection of what the foreign press is saying.
![John Armstrong: Key's silence right way to handle crisis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
John Armstrong: Key's silence right way to handle crisis
Should New Zealanders have been kept in the dark about the 1080 threats for nearly four months? The answer, on balance, is yes, writes John Armstrong.
![1080: Letters 'irresponsible', 'stupid'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
1080: Letters 'irresponsible', 'stupid'
1080 opponents have condemned those behind the baby formula threat letters, branding them "irresponsible" and their actions "total stupidity".
![Christopher Adams: All eyes on reaction of Chinese media and consumers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Christopher Adams: All eyes on reaction of Chinese media and consumers
After everything New Zealand's infant formula industry has been through over the past few years, the last thing it needed was yesterday's news of the 1080 threat.