Misguided campaign
OPINION: Last week, Greenpeace lit up Fonterra's Auckland headquarters with 'messages from the common people' - that the sector is…
OPINION: Over the past week, Fonterra has been maligned by various commentators.
Not compromising on milk quality is the key to good cheesemaking, says the owner of award winning Grinning Gecko, Catherine McNamara
A prominent couple in New Zealand’s dairy industry are turning to plant-based protein for their next big venture.
The dairy industry must look forward continually to assess itself as fit for purpose – or not. So says retiring DairyNZ director Ben Allomes.
Fertiliser co-op Ravensdown has posted a pre-tax profit and rebate of $52 million for the year ended May 31, 2019.
At least some not-bad news for Fonterra: the co-op has climbed to fourth-largest in the world’s dairy company rankings.
Southland farming leaders and environmental activists have called for a breather in their set-to over winter grazing practices.
Farmgate milk price forecasts remain unchanged despite Fonterra’s decision to not pay a dividend for the 2018-19 season, says chief executive Miles Hurrell.
As well as laying out its new strategy, Fonterra should make clearer how it got into this trouble, says Federated Farmers national vice-president and dairy farmer Andrew Hoggard.
Nominations are open for two farmer director positions on the DairyNZ board.
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Former Fonterra director Nicola Shadbolt is happy with the review of the director election process.
Former Fonterra director Nicola Shadbolt says the recent collapse of a few dairy cooperatives should be blamed on their strategy, not their co-op structure.
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