Displaying items by tag: Fonterra
Kowbucha spreads to the farm
Fonterra's plan to use probiotics to reduce cow methane emissions is moving to on-farm trials.
Easing UK farmers' fears
Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell used his first overseas trip in nearly two years to meet UK farming leaders and allay their fears around the looming free trade agreement (FTA).
Fonterra takes $880 million hit on Chinese investments
Fonterra's balance sheet took an $880 million hit from its ill-fated China Farms and Beingmate investments.
Collar-mounted sensors launched
A Dutch start-up is joining forces with Fonterra's Farm Source to launch collar-mounted sensors for cows.
Why Fonterra needs to change
OPINION: Making a change to any businesses is difficult. Augmenting a capital structure with the diversity of stakeholders and complexity as at Fonterra is a significant challenge.
Ex-Fonterra directors join board
Two former Fonterra directors have been elected to the Cooperative Business New Zealand board.
Tankers will turn up at Covid farms
A Covid outbreak on a supplier farm will not stop Fonterra from collecting milk, says chief executive Miles Hurrell.
Anti co-operative?
OPINION: Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has thrown a spanner in the works as far as Fonterra’s proposed capital structure is concerned.
Kowbucha ready for farm trials
A Fonterra project, using home-grown probiotics to reduce cow emissions, is ready for on-farm trials.
Doing nothing not an option
Doing nothing to arrest the slide in milk supply is not an option, says Fonterra chairman Peter McBride.
