Directly comparing Fonterra with Open Country and Synlait is unfair, but nevertheless, Fonterra as a business hasn’t performed well, says Nic Lees, senior lecturer in agribusiness management at Lincoln University.

Fonterra is launching a milk beverage to tap into the emerging consumer trend called ‘snacking’.

Keytone Dairy, a Christchurch-based manufacturer, packer and exporter of powdered dairy products, has listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) as it raises capital for a major expansion of its Canterbury manufacturing operation.

The covered cow shelter on the NZ Young Farmers-owned Donald Pearson Farm has come in handy during a wet winter.