Displaying items by tag: Fonterra

OPINION: Is Fonterra sliding towards insolvency?

A sudden drop in log prices which impacted the New Zealand commodity price index in July seems to have stabilised, says ANZ agriculture economist Susan Kilsby.

Farmers already under the pump in trying to meet the requirements of the Government’s impending Zero Carbon Bill legislation will soon be hit soon by even more compliance costs.

Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell will provide “a bit of colour” around divestments and reducing costs across the business on Sept 12, says chair John Monaghan.

Not compromising on milk quality is the key to good cheesemaking, says the owner of award winning Grinning Gecko, Catherine McNamara

At least some not-bad news for Fonterra: the co-op has climbed to fourth-largest in the world’s dairy company rankings.

Former Fonterra director Nicola Shadbolt is happy with the review of the director election process.

OPINION: Over the past week, Fonterra has been maligned by various commentators.

Farmgate milk price forecasts remain unchanged despite Fonterra’s decision to not pay a dividend for the 2018-19 season, says chief executive Miles Hurrell.

As well as laying out its new strategy, Fonterra should make clearer how it got into this trouble, says Federated Farmers national vice-president and dairy farmer Andrew Hoggard.