Displaying items by tag: Fonterra
Short-term milk supply gain, long-term pain?
Fonterra is taking “desperate” and “idiotic” steps to maintain milk supply, says Labour primary industries spokesman Damien O’Connor.
Farmers on notice over water quality
One in five Fonterra suppliers is on notice to improve the quality of their milking shed water.
Milk bars set the bar high - Editorial
Not every day do you hear of Fonterra working with smaller players in the competitive global market. A case in point – China.
Happier dairy days ahead
The global dairy price slide seems to be over and farmers are banking on happier days ahead.
Fonterra keeps forecast payout
Fonterra's 2014-15 forecast payout remains unchanged at $4.70/kgMS.
Fonterra forecasts bigger dividends
Fonterra's earnings per share dividend forecast was lifted from 45c to 55c in January and will be updated in March in the half year results, says chairman John Wilson.
Prices back on track
All eye are on Fonterra this week to see if it lifts its $4.70/kgMS forecast after the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) Index price last week surged 10.1%.
Fonterra wants to ‘mix it’
The mission of mymilk is to “mix it up” with competitors rather than lose that milk, says Fonterra’s chairman John Wilson.
Dry bites Fonterra’s milk supply
Dry conditions are also beginning to bite Fonterra’s North Island milk collection, which last month was 110 million kgMS – 1% lower than January last season.
Long way to go to meet $4.70
The Global Dairy Trade will still have “to travel a lot of distance” to sustain Fonterra’s current farmgate milk price of $4.70/kgMS, Fonterra’s chairman John Wilson says.
