World News
Australian dairy farmers forced to cull cows to pay mounting bills
Farmers in Australia have been forced to send prized dairy cows to the saleyards for slaughter so they can pay their...
Fonterra
Dairy
Financial boost for Fonterra farmers with further dividend payment
Fonterra Co-op has announced that it will pay a further 10c/share of its previously announced 2015/16 forecast dividend of 40c/share. Fonterra had already...
Dairy
Fonterra farmers to receive 19.86c/L for milk this season
Fonterra has announced that it is holding its forecast farmgate milk price at NZ$4.25/kgMS or in Irish constituents the equivalent...
Dairy
'Tightening global dairy supply to be a key market driver of prices'
Following yesterday’s unchanged Global Dairy Trade auction, ASB Bank in New Zealand has said that tightening global dairy supply will...
Dairy
Fonterra Australia cuts milk price for new season due to 'market conditions'
Fonterra Australia has advised its suppliers that it forecasts a closing farmgate milk price for the 2016/17 season of $5.00kg/MS,...
World News
Expanded Fonterra cheese plant can produce cheese for 3 billion burgers annually
Fonterra has officially opened its new cheese expansion at Eltham, Australia, with the plant now able to produce enough cheese...
Dairy
Fonterra sets opening farmgate milk price, farmers resigned to 'another tight season'
Fonterra has announced an opening forecast farmgate milk price of $4.25/kgMS for the 2016/2017 season, an increase of 35c on...
Dairy
Fonterra farmers to get early share dividend due to tight cash flows
Fonterra has announced that it is to pay part of its forecast final dividend to its farmers earlier, in order...
Other
How Fonterra plans to dominate the Chinese dairy market with 15,000 cows
Fonterra announced its interim results for 2015, it predicted a possible upturn in dairy prices towards the end of 2016....
Dairy
Fonterra predicts a lift in dairy prices later this year
Fonterra has said that it expects dairy prices to pick up at the end of the year as it posted...
Dairy
Fonterra cuts its forecast milk price to less than 18c/L
Fonterra has reduced its forecast Farmgate Milk Price for the 2015/16 season from $4.15 per kgMS to $3.90 (€2.39) per...
Agri-Business
Improved Fonterra facility to process four times more milk than Belview
Fonterra recently unveiled three new processing plants at its Edendale facility on the South Island of New Zealand. The development, which...
Dairy
Fonterra slashes milk price (now equivalent to 19c/L)
Fonterra has announced that it is cutting its 2015/16 forecast milk price to $4.15/kgMS, which is the equivalent of 19c/L....
Agri-Business
Analysis: Global Dairy Trade gives transparency but does not set world dairy prices
The world largest dairy exporter, Fonterra, traded less than one-third of its products through the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions...
Dairy
There's more pain ahead in the dairy market warns Fonterra CEO
There is definitely going to be more pain ahead in the dairy market, according to Theo Spierings, the Fonterra CEO. Speaking...
Dairy
Fonterra announces record export volumes in December
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has announced it exported record volumes for the month of December 2015. Export data for...
Dairy
Fonterra maintains its forecast farmgate milk price
Fonterra has maintained its forecast farmgate milk price of $4.60/kgMS (milk solids). In November, the co-op increased estimated earnings per share...
World News
Fonterra Australia to invest €89m in new cheese plant
Fonterra Australia will invest NZ$141m (€89m) in building a state-of-the-art cheese plant at its Stanhope factory. The new facility will...
