Fonterra Suppliers Confident in Mainland Dairy Future
Fonterra's 460 milk suppliers in Australia, who will switch to Lactalis end of this month, are unfazed with the impending change.
Your old mate notes that Greenpeace is challenging Fonterra to "prove that its massive use of palm products is not fuelling the enormous fires raging across Indonesia".
Apart from the ridiculous demand that Fonterra must prove 'it is not beating its wife', what really tickled this old mutt's interest was that the new NZ head of the eco-activist multi-national is none than one Dr Russel Norman. Yes, that would be the same Dr Russel Norman – who recently stood down as head of the NZ Green Party to take up the highly paid position at Greenpeace and was forever bagging Fonterra and the NZ dairy industry when he was an MP. It looks like dyed-in-the-wool (organic of course) Greenies never stop hating NZ's number one primary sector export earner. Yawn....
Budou are being picked now in Bridge Pā, the most intense and exciting time of the year for the Greencollar team – and the harvest of the finest eating grapes is weeks earlier than expected.
The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) has released its latest rural property report, providing a detailed view of New Zealand’s rural real estate market for the 12 months ending December 2025.
Rural retailer Farmlands has released it's latest round of half-year results, labeling it as evidence that its five-year strategy is delivering on financial performance and better value for members.
OPINION: "We are back to where we were a year ago," according to a leading banking analyst in the UK, referring to US president Donald Trump's latest imposition of a global 10% tariff on all exports into the US.
DairyNZ says the Government’s proposed Resource Management Act reform needs further work to ensure it delivers on its intent.
Overseas Trade Minister Todd McClay says he's working constructively with the Labour Party in the hope they will endorse the free trade agreement (FTA) with India when the agreement comes before Parliament for ratification.