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Fonterra says weld cracks were found at the base of the raw milk silo that collapsed last month at its Edendale plant.

Fonterra has confirmed all staff members at its Edendale milk processing plant are safe following the collapse of a raw milk silo on Friday afternoon.

The first litres of Waikato-farmed milk are flowing through Fonterra’s newest high-efficiency milk powder plant, as the world’s joint-largest dryer comes online in the South Waikato.

Using charged iron to capture tiny particles worth hundreds of dollars per kilo and creating technology to speed up nature more than 300 fold.

Fonterra has taken another step towards environmental sustainability, launching its switch to new Z biodiesel – as a foundation customer for the ZBioD fuel.

Fonterra today celebrated the official opening of its new slice on slice cheese expansion at Eltham.

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

Fonterra Whareroa's oldest powder dryer will take an extended break from April, as the plant is decommissioned to bolster the site's value-added operations.

Fonterra says its $231 million upgrade to its dairy processing plant at Pahiatua in the Tararua district will give the company more flexibility in the products it can produce at other plants.

In recent months we’ve seen speculation from some commentators on the uncertain future of co-operative dairying in New Zealand – in which private companies and foreign investment trumps generations of local market expertise and value add is lost in the margins.