Cheap supermarket milk too low at $1.20/l when NZ shoppers pay $1.66
AS Woolworths last week battened down the hatches, staying defiantly mute to more stinging criticism of its super-cheap house brand milk prices in Australia, its New Zealand stores were selling equivalent product at “discount” prices which farmers here would only dream about.
The other disease we’re trying to eradicate
Two years ago the government said we had “one shot” at wiping out Mycoplasma Bovis, echoing its later stance on Covid-19.
Call to scrap Fonterra shareholders body
A group of Fonterra farmers want the Shareholders Council scrapped.
Dairy debt – the perfect storm?
Federated Farmers vice president, Andrew Hoggard says some dairy farmers are trapped with debt.
Fonterra's financial woes weigh on the future of its Australian arm
In the vacuum created by the postponement of Fonterra’s financial results by a fortnight, experts have begun to weigh in on its future in Australia.
Fonterra – should it be split in two to save it?
Fonterra has been the big cheese of the dairy industry for 18 years but it could be in for some significant downsizing.
Dairy dilemmas external to potential bank capital changes
Former ANZ chief economist Cameron Bagrie says too much blame is being put on the Reserve Bank for issues the dairy sector was always going to face regardless of whether bank capital rules were reviewed.
Bankrupt farmers back need for farm debt mediation
Seven years ago Kelvin and Linda Gray were given just a few hours to leave their Okato, Taranaki dairy farm after Rabobank sent receivers in.
Death throes of a dairy co-operative: Westland Milk a loss of more than just money
“I hope we can now get on with the business of running our own dairy company as we have been doing successfully for over 65 years.”
