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Fonterra China delivered strong results on China’s Double 11 sales day.
Fonterra has welcomed Prime Minister John Key's announcement at APEC of the launch of China NZ FTA upgrade negotiations.
Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) has welcome the announcement that New Zealand and China are commencing negotiations towards a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) upgrade.
Fonterra is collecting milk from all operating farms in the earthquake damaged Culverden, Waiau and Amuri areas, as the co-op continues to run a support response out of its Farm Source store in Culverden.
In the September 2016 quarter, producer output prices rose 1%, and producer input prices rose 1.5%.
Fonterra’s lift in its payout to $6/kgMS puts a brighter note on the end of a tough week for farming.
Fonterra today increased its 2016/17 forecast farmgate milk price by 75 cents to $6/kgMS.
PKE-free milk is the latest product in line for production by Auckland boutique dairy company Lewis Road Creamery.
Former Fonterra director Stuart Nattrass is making a bid to rejoin the co-op’s board.
With the South Island earthquake dominating our screens, Rural News Group had the opportunity to catch up with Fonterra’s Director of Farmer services, Matt Bolger at Wednesday’s Farm Focus Day at Owl Farm, Cambridge.
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Sheds down, electric fences not working and breeding programmes interrupted are some of the problems facing dairy farms in the worst quake-hit areas of Culverden and Waiau.
The Global Dairy Trade overall price index was up 4.5% overnight.
Irrigating farmers need to take care as they turn infrastructure back on following Monday’s devastating earthquakes.
There are reports of rotary dairy sheds being badly damaged around Kaikoura and parts of North Canterbury by the earthquake.
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