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Not everyone loves Fonterra, let’s accept that. 

Fonterra is expecting milk production worldwide to slow as the low price makes it unsustainable to milk cows.

The Global Dairy Auction suffered its sixth successive fall last night with the average price index dropping 4.3% to US $2,412/MT.

Fonterra's one-off South Island winter milk offer of $1.40/kgMS has been slammed as “a complete insult to dairy farmers” by a long-time out-of-season supplier.

The 2014-15 season will be a season to forget for Fonterra farmers.

Fonterra says it is hitting the sweet spot with a spate of new products in its New Zealand brands business.

Dairy farmers will be bracing for sombre news from Fonterra this Wednesday.

Farmers should expect “something around $5.00/kgMS” when Fonterra this week announces its opening forecast for the new season.

To call it a perfect storm trivialises the difficulties primary producers are facing in the balance between environment, welfare (human and animal) and economics. 

Fonterra is pouring at least $1 billion into plant upgrades to improve efficiency and boost returns to farmer shareholders.