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Farmers should expect “something around $5.00/kgMS” when Fonterra this week announces its opening forecast for the new season.

To call it a perfect storm trivialises the difficulties primary producers are facing in the balance between environment, welfare (human and animal) and economics. 

Fonterra is pouring at least $1 billion into plant upgrades to improve efficiency and boost returns to farmer shareholders.

Fonterra is gifting a rare fire engine to the Wellington Fire Museum, retiring the vehicle after more than 20 years of service in the cooperative.

More bad news for dairy farmers as the latest Global Dairy Trade auction saw the average price index slip by 2.2% to $2,472.

A ten-year scheme for dairying and healthy ecosystems is breaking down longstanding tensions between farmers and ecologists, says Fonterra’s Carly Robinson.

Work is complete on a new mozzarella plant at Fonterra's Clandeboye site, doubling production of the cheese and creating enough mozzarella to top more than 300 million pizzas a year.

Dairy industry optimists have for months been talking up the future, saying things will improve.

UK's biggest farmer-owned dairy cooperative is reducing its milk price and slashing jobs as part of a turnaround plan.

A crisis looms in the dairy industry as the implications of the $4.50 payout starts to hit home.