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Long-term independent director David Jackson will retire from Fonterra’s board in November.

New Zealand exports of infant formula are expected to reach the billion dollar mark by 2021, the Ministry for Primary Industry says in its latest Situation and Outlook report.

DairyNZ chief executive Dr Tim Mackle says the new Dairy Action for Climate Change combines raising the dairy sector’s awareness of the issue and taking positive steps to mitigate the problem.

Fonterra has withdrawn a few batches of its Anchor blue top milk from lower North Island stores following customer complaints.

Fonterra will pay its Australian suppliers an opening price of A$5.30/kgMS for the 2017-18 season.

Fonterra is pumping another $20 million into its Te Rapa site to produce more export cream cheese and mini-dish butter to meet rising demand.

Modern, science-based farming is the way to achieve a future for New Zealand where dairy farming has a lower environmental footprint, says DairyNZ’s chief executive, Dr Tim Mackle.

Federated Farmers dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard says not many farmers would need to adjust their palm kernel expeller (PKE) feeding regime.

Canterbury milk processor Synlait has followed Fonterra in announcing an opening milk price of $6.50/kgMS for the new season.

Dairy has got its mojo back. After two challenging seasons, last week brought two items of great news for Fonterra farmers.