Fonterra Expands China Foodservice Business with New Anchor Essence Cream
Fonterra is strengthening its foodservice presence in China with the launch of a new cream for professional bakeries at Bakery China 2026 in Shanghai.
Fonterra shareholders have elected Dr Alison Watters as a new director.
Sitting director Andy Macfarlane has also been re-elected for another three-year term.
There were three candidates vying for two board seats: Mike Fleming, chair of Fortuna Group missed out.
Watters replaces Edgecumbe farmer Donna Smit who retires from the board after serving for six years.
Watters, her husband Andrew and other family, own a 510-cow dairy unit in the Wairarapa.
The Watters won the NZ Sharemilker of the Year title in 2003.
Currently she is the chair of AsureQuality, a director of LIC, and a director of MetService.
Watters takes up her directorship at Fonterra’s annual general meeting in Rotorua on Thursday.
In advance of the Budget, Finance Minister Nicola Willis put a clear damper on expectations and delivered accordingly.
Farmers should be cautiously optimistic as the 2026/27 season kicks off, says DairyNZ.
RaboResearch senior analyst Emma Higgins expects the 2026/27 dairy season to be another profitable one.
The new dairy season is kicking off with plenty of risks to the forecast farmgate price, both upside and downside, says ANZ agricultural economist Matt Dilly.
A potential showdown between the top two Federated Farmers leaders looms at the farmer lobby's annual meeting later this month.
FarmIQ Systems has developed a free land management app to help remove barriers to New Zealand farmers and growers adopting digital tools.

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