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Lewis Road Creamery is "delighted" to have resolved a complaint with Fonterra.

New Zealand milk collection fell 5.7% in first half due to unfavourable weather.

Prices at Fonterra's fortnightly GlobalDairyTrade auction have dipped slightly.

The price of whole milk powder, New Zealand's key commodity export, is likely to be little changed next week.

Lewis Road Creamery founder Peter Cullinane won't rule out legal action against Fonterra over allegedly negotiating a "greedy deal" with supermarkets.

A new $240 million mozzarella plant will be the single largest foodservice investment in the history of New Zealand's dairy industry.

Fonterra will build a $240 million mozzarella plant in South Canterbury, making it the largest producer of natural mozzarella in the Southern Hemisphere.

A fifth of share milkers who responded to a Federated Farmers survey said they were coming under pressure from their bank on their

Lewis Road Creamery founder Peter Cullinane is accusing Fonterra of negotiating a "greedy" deal with supermarkets.

Fonterra has told shareholders that the indicative payout level this season will be $6.40 per kilogram of milk solids.

From Monday milk tankers and other essential freight will be given access in and out of Kaikoura.

Some of New Zealand's biggest companies are lending their muscle to help start-up businesses get off the ground.

A small band of protesters stood outside Fonterra's headquarters in downtown Auckland today to demonstrate against the co-operative's extensive use of coal.

Dairy giant facing fresh calls to stop use of palm kernel expeller in the wake of "appalling" labour abuse claims against its Singapore-based supplier.

South Island dairy products processor Synlait Milk has increased its forecast farmgate milk price by $1 to $6 per kilogram of milk solids.

Senior Fonterra executive Nicola Willis has resigned her Auckland-based position to seek nomination for the National Party in the Labour-held seat of Wellington Central.

Fonterra is developing a new range of products to appeal to Asian markets including candy cheese, low salt cheese, and medicinal lactose.

Fonterra Cooperative Group says milk collection has been restored in earthquake damaged Culverden, Waiau and Amuri areas.

Fonterra has raised its forecast payout to farmers by 75c per kilogram of milksolids as production dwindles.

The kiwi fell against a resurgent greenback after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said the case has grown for a hike in US interest rates.

Fonterra today increased its 2016/17 forecast Farmgate Milk Price by 75 cents to $6.00 per kgMS.

A Fonterra milk tanker driver was uninjured when his truck and trailer crashed off the road near Woodville this morning. The tanker

Fonterra Cooperative Group has lost its bid to overturn a High Court ruling against inferior terms offered to the suppliers of the failed New Zealand Dairies Ltd business in South Canterbury.

Some dairy farmers in the South Island might have to dispose of their milk due to road closures and other issues.