Monthly Archives: October 2011

It was somewhat unfortunate that in the very same week Fonterra marked its first decade of mainly successful existence in New Zealand; next season’s forecast milk price was slashed by 45 cents a kilogram of milksoilds and its farmers in … Continue reading →

Turners & Growers has given up on its challenge to the export monopoly of kiwifruit marketer Zespri. Turners claim the backdown is due to the kiwifruit disease crisis currently hitting the industry. Managing director Jeff Wesley says his company was … Continue reading →

Recently there was more even proof that the farming sector is doing okay with news that the Government’s farming entity Landcorp is paying taxpayers a $27.5 million dividend this year. This result is a big improvement on last year’s $10m … Continue reading →

  Fonterra recently waved goodbye to its Canadian-born chief executive Andrew Ferrier after eight years in the top job. As is often the case when a popular and long-serving CE departs a company, Ferrier has been sent off in a … Continue reading →