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The China infant formula market has been very challenging for several dairy companies operating there for the last 18 months – not just Fonterra, says Rabobank senior dairy analyst Michael Harvey.
Fonterra has appointed a board sub-committee to salvage its disastrous investment in Chinese infant formula trader Beingmate.
Fonterra farmers says the co-op’s half year results is a mixed bag; they welcome the lift in forecast milk price but are unhappy with the drop in dividend.
Outgoing Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings says the normal tenure of a global chief executive is between five and seven years.
Fonterra farmers are questioning the timing of the announcement of chief executive‘s Theo Spierings departure.
Cattle movements across the Cook Strait are under surveillance from today as part of the Government’s bid to tackle the cattle disease, Mycoplasma bovis.
Taupo dairy farmer Kylie Leonard has scooped the 2018 Dairy Community Leadership Award.
Southland dairy farmer and leadership coach, Loshni Manikam has been chosen as the Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year.
Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings is to leave by the end of this year.
Global dairy prices dropped slightly overnight but the flagship whole milk powder price managed a slight increase.
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Fonterra has posted a half-year loss of $348 million on the back of a huge write-down of its Beingmate investment in China.
Fonterra has lifted its forecast farm gate milk price by 15c/kgMS on the back of strong global demand for dairy products.
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