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Fonterra is closing a plant in Victoria as part of a review of its Australian operations. Its manufacturing site at Cororooke will close next year.

Helping women who work in the dairy industry manage during stressful seasons will be the focus of a series of practical workshops being held across the North and South Islands in November.

The Fonterra Shareholders Council has given its approval to TAF (trading among farmers), paving the way for Fonterra board to launch the share trading scheme.

Waikato dairy processor Tatua has announced a final payout of $7.50/kgMS for 2011-12, easily beating Fonterra.

Former New Zealand Sharemilker of the Year, Teresa Moore, is taking over as chair of the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards Trust.

DAIRY FARMERS could lower the risk of mastitis and grades from somatic cell counts and other bacteria with a Dairymaster ClusterCleanse, says company director Craig Burrows.

A COALITION of UK dairy farmers has agreed on a 10-point strategy to tackle a milk price crisis facing the industry.

THE DAIRY cow is going through one of the most important times in its annual cycle, transitioning from a ‘dry’ to a ‘lactating’ state.

Fonterra's $45 million tanker fleet upgrade is the biggest build in the cooperative's history.

A SHARE trading scheme for Fonterra farmers has passed the parliamentary hurdle. However, some farmers are unhappy with the Government’s refusal to put a legislative cap on the co-op’s proposed shareholders fund.