Displaying items by tag: Fonterra
Rates cap in Tararua district
Tararua District Council is pledging to keep any rate rise in the coming year to below 2% as the downturn in the dairy industry hits.
Value add key to dairy woes – PM
Prime Minister John Key says Fonterra is moving up the value added chain as best it can, but needs to do more.
Crucial to survive the bad years
Fonterra farmers have been told their longevity in business will be determined by their performance during their worst years.
Fonterra’s board changes don’t cut it – Armer
Fonterra chairman John Wilson is optimistic shareholders will accept the small cut proposed to the co-op's board.
‘Product fingerprint’ helps hunt for healthy new foods
Fonterra researchers have made a breakthrough chemical imprint for the dairy industry.
Dairy women urged to step up leadership
In tough times people need to look to leaders, says Jo Finer, Fonterra's general manager of New Zealand industry affairs.
‘Let’s unclog the Red Band channels’
Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard questions whether Fonterra is truly representing NZ values and culture.
Interesting
The Hound notes that Fonterra’s head of people, culture and safety, Maury Leyland, left the co-op at the end of the month, citing personal reasons.
Farmer friendly?
Your old mate was flabbergasted at the sheer political gall of Labour and the Greens in their latter-day ‘concern for farmers’ in the wake of the recent drop in dairy payout.
GDT goes the right way
Dairy prices lifted 2.1% at Fonterra's GlobalDairyTrade auction last night.