Greenpeace is trying to keep up pressure on Fonterra to limit its use of palm kernel feed with a public rally outside the Ports of Tauranga.

Farmers have described Greenpeace's occupation of an inbound cargo vessel as 'economic treason.'

Police make second arrest while expressing serious safety concerns for activists aboard a cargo ship off the Tauranga coast.

Fonterra has ruled out a public listing of its shares as part of its proposed capital restructure.

Robust bidding in Fonterra's monthly online auction of whole milkpowder early today lifted the average price paid by 24.2 per cent to US$2858/tonne.

Dairy giant Fonterra is poised to unveil its second proposal for capital structure reform within days.

A leap of almost 26 per cent in wholemilk powder prices on Fonterra's latest online global auction underlines the volatility of commodity prices, economist say.