Danone Nutricia, the French-owned infant formula maker, has reported a full-year loss it attributes to the continuing effects of the Fonterra Co-operative Group's botulism scare in August 2013.

Danone Nutricia has reported a full-year loss it attributes to ongoing fallout from the Fonterra botulism scare in 2013.

Is global consulting firm McKinsey reviewing management at Fonterra? Seems so, though Fonterra won't confirm it.

The sale of Lochinver station to Chinese interests spearheaded by Shanghai Pengxin reignited concerns about farm sales to foreigners during the election campaign.

The only topic that seems to be competing with Auckland house prices at present seems to be the declining Fonterra payout, and what it means for the economy as a whole.

The dollar touched a four-month low against the euro after the European Central Bank lifted its inflation forecast.

The yawning gap between supply and demand once again made its presence felt at the latest GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction.

The ANZ Commodity Price Index for May fell by 4.7pc, following April's 7.4 per cent decline.

The kiwi touched 70.65 US cents in an illiquid market yesterday, its lowest level since August 2010.

The next eight months will be lean for dairy farmers but Rabobank NZ chief Ben Russell says he is confident the downturn will be cyclical and one most farmers can cope with.

Trust set-up raises issue of whether farmer shareholder and external investor interests in Fonterra are fully aligned.

An apology after an online Anchor promotion told everyone they needed more calcium.

The dollar dropped to its lowest in more than four years on concern about the outlook for the economy.

Dairy farmers face two successive years of below-break-even payouts after Fonterra issued its forecast for 2015/16 yesterday.

Next season's average farmer income will drop by $150,000 based on Fonterra's $5.25 per kg forecast, says DairyNZ.

Fonterra's cut its payout forecast by 10c to $4.40 a kilo of milk solids and says it expects to pay out $5.25 a kilo for next season.

Fran O'Sullivan asks, when is enough enough when it comes to Chinese investment in the New Zealand dairy sector?

It's crunch time for dairy farmers this week when Fonterra releases its farmgate milk price forecast for the coming 2015/16 season.

There's been another fall in world dairy prices, with the GDT index down to its lowest level since August 2009.

The last GlobalDairyTrade auction for the season is tomorrow and dairy analysts say indications are that prices may be about to bottom out.

Farm prices have continued to rise, despite the near halving of milk prices over the last year, according to REINZ.

Fonterra's strategy has to start delivering or its market share will shrink further, says Federated Farmers Otago dairy chairman Stephen Crawford.

Police scientists are still poring over samples to identify who was behind threats to contaminate infant formula with 1080 poison.

Fonterra farmers have been tipped to go without a "retro" payment in July as the co-operative rebalances.

The Reserve Bank has singled out the New Zealand dairy sector as an "area of risk" for the financial system.

Fonterra will late this month release its milk price forecast for 2015/16 and indications are that it will be towards the lower end of market expectations.

Shareholders in Australian dairy co-operative Murray Goulburn (MG) have voted in favour of a Fonterra-style capital structure that will see its units trade on the ASX.

Tim Groser's warning that the dairy sector would effectively have to guts it out during a period of low milk payouts was timely.