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Fonterra: Mainland gap to be filled within three years

CEO Miles Hurrell is confident in the milk price forecast.

Inside Wattie's slide: Three years of losses and a $210m writedown

Company paid out more to suppliers and employees than it earned from customers in 2024.

Talley’s defamation trial hears claims of forged workplace injury files

Court hears of Talley's injury management and claim files being falsified ahead of audit.

Peter McBride: What Fonterra’s $4.2b sale means for dairy’s future

Lactalis has agreed to buy Fonterra’s Consumer brands in a $4.22b deal.

Riding the wave: Sheep and beef exports surge to new global peaks

NZ beef export prices to the US rose from $10.08/kg last year to $11.73/kg in July.

Dairy prices plunge 4.3% in latest auction

GDT auction sees 4.3% price drop; cheddar rises, but powders plunge.

Open Country Dairy signs deal to buy Miraka

It is Open Country's second acquisition recently.

'Changes were inevitable': Zespri puts 135 roles on the line

Job losses tough but leaders express confidence in kiwifruit marketer's direction.

A2 lifts earnings, announces Mataura Valley Milk sale, Pōkeno purchase

A2 Milk has lifted its annual net profit and announced a big sale and acquisition.

English label set to boost a2 Milk profit

Analysts await a2 Milk’s annual result to justify share price rise.

BNZ ups Fonterra’s milk price forecast to $10.25

BNZ economists say the dairy outlook is stronger than they previously anticipated.

Europe's Dawn Meats may pay $250m for 65% stake in Alliance Group

The deal requires 75% shareholder acceptance at a mid-October meeting.

Rural rebound: Farm profitability boosts PGG Wrightson's earnings

PGG Wrightson's net profit rose to $10.7m, a 248% increase.

Farming or forestry: Who's right and who's wrong as Govt ban looms

Farmer groups argue forestry is taking over productive sheep farming land.

Why whole milk powder's price surge signals a strong dairy season

Butter prices fell 3.8% to US$7214/tonne, easing from May's peak of US$7992.

Richard Prebble: Why Luxon couldn’t lower US tariffs on NZ goods

OPINION: New Zealand faces a 15% US tariff, higher than Australia's 10% rate.