Emergency services are at the scene of incident involving a milk silo at Fonterra's Edendale plant.

There are eight important things to look out for in Fonterra's result.

Dairy farmers are facing an improved outlook but they remain cautious about where prices go from here.

The farmers ended up supplying Fonterra after it bought a failed Canterbury dairy business out of receivership.

World dairy prices put on their third significant gain in a row at the latest GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction overnight.

Signals are pointing to another mad rush for product at this week's GDT auction, according to ANZ rural economist Con Williams.

Signs look good for a further rise in global dairy prices - and maybe a return to profit.

There's a lot riding on Fonterra's financial results due out on September 22.

Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings' challenge 'build windmills not walls' is galvanising the dairy co-operative.

Fonterra has raised its farmgate milk price forecast by 50 cents to $4.75 per kg of milksolids.

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Fall in farm conversions prompts interest in horticulture, honey and alternatives such as sheep milk.

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Has dairy turned the corner? Latest price 'couldn't come at a better time'.

Fire crews and Fonterra staff are cleaning up after two hazardous cleaning agents spilled at a plant overnight.

Dairy futures have rallied sharply, suggesting next week's world dairy auction will show a big rise.

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World dairy prices have shot higher at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, with the GDT price index gaining 6.6pc.

ASB Bank is punting on Fonterra leaving its 2016/7 farmgate milk price forecast unchanged at $4.25 a kg of milk solids.

Beingmate warned investors this month it was anticipating a first half loss of up to 230 million yuan ($48.7 million).

Fonterra will update its farmgate milk price and reveal earnings per share forecasts for 2016/17 on Monday.

A gain in whole milk powder offset a fall for most other products in the latest overnight dairy auction.

John Key and Kiwi delegation taste-test pudding, cheese balls, cheese sticks, and other dairy goods made in giant Fonterra plant near Jakarta.

Farm prices are on the way down, led by an 18 per cent decline in the dairy sector over the past 12 months.

Fonterra Cooperative Group's New Zealand milk collection fell 10 per cent in the first month of the 2017 season, a typically low production period.

International dairy prices edged down at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, the GDT price index falling by 0.4 per cent since the previous sale last month.

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Fonterra's opposite number in Australia has announced A$4.31 per kg of milksolids as its opening farmgate milk price for the season.

"Hang in there" - that's the message Fonterra chairman John Wilson was giving to farmers at Fieldays.