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OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
OPINION: Fonterra is forking out $27 million to pay Victorian farmers to settle class action proceedings across the ditch.
OPINION: It seems that the high level of farmer anger over the Government's emissions pricing plan is finally reaching levy-paying bodies.
New Zealand's dispute with Canada over dairy tariffs rate quotas (TRQs) has taken a new turn.
Weaker demand for dairy, particularly in the key Chinese market, is being blamed for the continued slide in the forecast milk price.
Dairy workers warn that if Fonterra's capital structure isn't changed there will be factory closures and job losses.
A dairy industry leader is calling on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to take the pressure off farmers and give them more time to properly understand and digest the huge raft of changes that the Government is trying to push through before next year's election.
Waikato Regional Council’s new chair, Pamela Storey, says the relationship between the council and farmers in the region has improved over the past three years.
New Fonterra Co-operative Council chair John Stevenson says there are plenty of challenges ahead for Fonterra farmers.
Fonterra is signalling to farmers that it may not meet its earlier pledge to return $1 billion to shareholders and unit holders within two years.
Fonterra chair Peter McBride hopes the Government reaches a decision on its new capital structure before the end of the year.
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Fonterra farmers are being told to brace for another carbon emissions target.
Fonterra remains committed to its strategy to 2030 unveiled last year, says chief executive Miles Hurrell.
Fonterra shareholders have voted to increase the allowance of directors and Co-operative Council members.
DairyNZ claims that when it comes to emissions pricing, no deal would be better than a bad deal and only a fair and reasonable system will be accepted for farmers.
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