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More competition as EU scrubs quotas

Dairy futures trading halt lifted

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

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.

Fonterra profits fall 16pc

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Fran O'Sullivan: Key played cards right over baby formula threat

Peters’ thunder stolen but timing of 1080 revelations wasn’t deliberate, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

1080 threat: Dairy firms reassure

Dairy companies are confident security measures at their facilities are tight enough to prevent a 1080 contamination.

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

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.