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Bank makes cut despite ''marginally stronger than expected'' out-turn in the latest GDT.
SFF considers closing pelt operation
Continued low sheepmeat numbers have led to excess pelt processing capacity, says firm.
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Their first product is a chair made from linen composite fibres with recycled brass.
Pattrick Smellie: It's time to unleash the forestry bio-economy
Hard to see what fuss is about when land use is so heavily skewed to pastoral farming.
Maui dairy sheep and Danone join forces in new infant milk
New dairy sheep milk industry jumps into the big time with Danone deal.
A2 shares plunge despite big increase in net profit
Investors disappointed, even though A2 delivered.
Dairy product prices fall despite whole milk powder rise
Whole milk powder climbs 2.1 per cent to US$3100 a tonne.
Dairy product price index dips for sixth time in seven auctions
Whole milk powder gains, but prices slip overall.
Rachel Stewart: Fate of Fonterra - don't say you weren't warned
COMMENT: Years have been spent ignoring fact Fonterra was heading toward the rocks.
Eltham Honey changes name, but not quality
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Support for Milburn logging terminal
Dunedin businessman and city councillor Doug Hall is backing new Milburn logging terminal.
NZX market braces for hefty lift in A2 net profit, eyes on China
Volatile stock expected to post big result amid move away from daigou market.
Why it's getting too expensive to process pigs
Small-scale southern slaughterhouses and farm kill businesses facing a curly decision.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Fonterra needs an ego check
COMMENT: Fonterra acts like it's above accountability.
Fonterra's ugliest performance right here at home: Shareholders
Biggest shock of ugly Fonterra news right under Kiwi farmers' noses.
Gaynor: Fonterra needs to get out of its rut
COMMENT: Flawed from the beginning, Fonterra must now adopt a new structure.
Commercial 'disaster': Can it get any worse for Fonterra?
No more bad news likely from Fonterra this year as the blame game starts up.
'He deserves a medal': The farmer who turned down huge forestry offers
Farmer turned down 'significantly' higher offers to keep the land as a farm.
Best of 2019: The day the 6pm news told 1500 people they'd lost their jobs
"I was just there having a normal day at work and then next thing, biff, gone."
Fonterra's former CEO Spierings picks up another $4.67m
Fonterra reveals former CEO Spierings has already been paid an extra $4.6m.
Matthew Hooton: The bogus Fonterra promises - and what needs to change
Dairy co-op should be set on a path towards becoming a completely normal company.
Enthusiast giving bees a new lease on life
Your very own hive in your garden could give you 15kg of honey a year.
Fonterra's 'painful but necessary decisions'
Fonterra's CFO Marc Rivers says there are silver linings to the co-op's current situation.
Comment: Fonterra no longer a cash cow
Comment: Fonterra was once lauded as the golden child of New Zealand's primary industries.
Do troubles for Fonterra mean trouble for farmers?
The dairy co-op is a giant of NZ business, so how worried should we all be?
Alliance Group invests $1.2 million in Smithfield plant
Alliance says changes at Smithfield plant will boost processing efficiency by 20 per cent.
Why Kiwi farmers should keep an eye on Hong Kong
Michael Every on what the Hong Kong protests & US China trade war could mean for NZ.
Patrick Smellie: Why ex-Fonterra CEO should pay back his bonus
If Spierings values his reputation, he should turn down lump sum coming his way.
Editorial: Fonterra farmers deserve better
There's something deeply flawed about the current model of executive pay.
China's NZ investment a distant second to Aussie - report
Investment from China has continued to grow strongly in recent years.
Potatoes vs people: govt moves to protect top vege-growing land
Lifestyle blocks and new subdivisions will be far harder to develop on areas of rich soil.
Fonterra woes a drag for two biggest shareholders
Fonterra said this week it expects to report a full-year loss of as much as $675 million.
Fonterra poised to ditch NZ tech provider for Indian outsourcer: insider
NZ IT providers have the chops, and Fonterra should buy local, lobby group says.