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Maury Leyland, Fonterra's managing director of people, culture and safety, and member of Fonterra's Management Team has resigned for personal reasons.

Fonterra Australia commercial director Abhy Maharaj recently addressed the Australian Dairy Conference in Victoria. Here are excerpts from his speech.

Rural Contractors NZ (RCNZ) is concerned about Fonterra's moves to extend the time it takes to pay contractors as part of an efficiency drive.

Leadership through strong governance is critical for farmers, and the sector more broadly, if the dairy industry is to seize the opportunities of the decades ahead.

Fonterra is closing its Kaikoura site with 22 jobs set to go.

Two percent isn't much, but at Fonterra's Clandeboye site a revolutionary cheese plant only required 2% of the site's 45ha to rock the cheese world.

This morning's announcement by Fonterra to drop its forecast payout will lump more pressure on dairy farmers and they will be counting down the days to end of the season.

Sixty new dairy process jobs were created when Fonterra opened four plants in the South Island recently.

Today's announcement of a further 25c drop in the current season forecast farmgate milk price is a "bitter pill" for farmers to swallow, says Fonterra Shareholders' Council chairman Duncan Coull.

The $8.40/kgMS payout was probably the worst thing that happened to the dairy industry, says family corporate farmer Trevor Hamilton.