Misguided campaign
OPINION: Last week, Greenpeace lit up Fonterra's Auckland headquarters with 'messages from the common people' - that the sector is…
Green Party MP Golriz Gharaman is pushing a Members Bill that would give prisoners the right to vote and ban overseas donations to political parties.
National's constant prodding in Parliament recently about capital gains tax (CGT) has caused the Prime Minister to drop her veil of kindness and reveal anger and petulance instead.
OPINION: Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell’s open and accessible approach has brought a refreshing change at the co-op.
Canadian dairy giant Saputo is continuing its global buying spree, stitching up a deal to buy the listed UK company Dairy Crest.
Mind your negative language to farmers: that’s the message to rural professionals dealing with dairy farmers in the lower North Island.
Dairy farmers' equity in their farms looks to be staying flat or even declining slightly on average over the next ten years.
The dairy outlook is more rosy and positive than New Zealand producers may have been feeling about it, says US Rabobank global dairy strategist Mary Ledman.
Adding an auction in Europe should have no price impact overall on dairy prices, says Global Dairy Trade director Eric Hansen.
Spiralling expenses are the biggest concern to farmers right now, says Federated Farmers’ national dairy chair Chris Lewis.
Fitch has revised its rating outlook for Fonterra to negative from stable but reaffirmed the long term default rating as ‘A’.
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The farmgate milk price could possibly rise beyond $7/kgMS in the 2019-20 season.
Miles Hurrell's confirmation as Fonterra’s chief executive has been warmly received on social media.
Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell is asking shareholders for time to turn the business around.
Fonterra says it has taken “a minority stake” in a US company promoting alternative protein.
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