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As the dairy co-op tries to sell infant formula to Chinese parents, it's playing catch-up with competitors who got there first.

It was an ominous sign when Prime Minister John Key wandered into his weekly post-Cabinet press conference and announced, "I've got a bit of a head cold."

Fonterra is in the process of transforming its Australian business, having taken a $108 million writedown of its yoghurt and dairy desserts assets across the Tasman in 2015.

Fonterra has confirmed it has put on hold a proposed coal mine at Mangatangi while it assesses its energy options.

Nominations have opened for seats on Fonterra's board, with chairman John Wilson and two other directors up for re-election.

Fonterra's new $230 million high-efficiency milk powder plant at its Pahiatua site has processed its first milk.

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

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

Danone Asia Pacific Holdings, the local unit of the French food company, argued in the Court of Appeal it was an injustice for it to have to wait potentially until 2018 for legal action against Fonterra.

What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings was facing the fallout from the disastrous botulism false alarm, which sparked panic in markets across the globe, especially China.

A sharp reduction in Fonterra's milk price will put the squeeze on the industry and rural communities will feel the brunt of the economic impact.

Fonterra is looking at laying off up to 110 workers at its Canpac packing operation, near Hamilton.

Fonterra-owned GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) has added another product line and a new participant to its online trading platform.

Infant formula firms that claim to have lost millions as a result of Fonterra's botulism scare were told they were not victims - and denied a chance to have their say.

Head-hunting former Fonterra executive Gary Romano as chief executive of Pengxin International is a coup for the rapidly expanding Chinese company.

Fonterra chairman John Wilson says Prime Minister John Key's visit to China had been a very important week for Fonterra and its clients have welcomed its quick decision to accept the court charges laid against it.

China's new ambassador to New Zealand believes that despite the pain caused by the Fonterra false botulism scare last August, it could have had a long-term benefit.

Dairy giant Fonterra is applying for a suspension of the court action it is facing from French food company Danone over last year's botulism scare, says a judge's minute.

Fonterra is caught up in another contamination scare, and is recalling fresh cream because of fears it could contain the E.coli bacterium.