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TPP: Key lobbying for dairy concessions

As the 12-nation trade deal negotiations enter the final stretch, Mr Key said New Zealand was gaining some support on its demands for the dairy industry.

Fran O'Sullivan: Kiwis the TPP deal-fixers

Playing the TPP soft cop cannot be allowed to blind Groser and his senior negotiators to NZ's own interests.

Overseas investors eyeing dairy farms

International investors from Europe, the United States and Australia are likely to consider buying more New Zealand dairy farms, says an expert.

Refilling Fonterra's tanks

As Fonterra's NZX-listed units languish near an all-time low, analysts say the market will remain cool on the dairy giant.

Meat marketing focus reaping rewards

Concentrating on marketing its cuts rather than processing them is paying dividends for a niche meat exporter.

Fonterra puts equity trust idea on hold

Fonterra Co-operative Group has put on hold plans to develop an Equity Partnership Trust that would have given its 10,500 farmer suppliers access to investor capital to help them with the compulsory....

Onion exports drop on increased competition

Germany is the largest export market for New Zealand onions, followed by Indonesia and Japan.

Fonterra at crossroads

Pressure is building on Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings as the dairy industry faces up to a winter of discontent, writes Liam Dann.

Jamie Gray: Crunch time draws near

Jamie Gray writes: For Fonterra's farmers, investors and employees the severity of the dairy downturn will become clear early next month.

Days of easy water over

The controversial $275 million Ruataniwha water storage scheme in Hawkes Bay is a step closer after the High Court said no appeals had been lodged in the consent process.

Alternative milk suppliers' optimistic outlook

UPDATED: A2 milk is forecasting earning to triple in 2016 with sales expected to rise faster than forecast.

Dairy futures prices discounted

NZX dairy futures prices are trading at a discount to the physical market in the aftermath of a worse-than-expected GDT auction.

Job cuts cap bad day for economy

Dairy giant Fonterra cut 523 jobs yesterday - in a bid to cut its payroll bill by up to $60 million a year - on a day of bad news for the economy.

Fonterra wields the axe

Hundreds of Fonterra employees and thousands of its farmer-shareholders have been dealt the twin blows of impending job losses and the prospect of a much lower farmgate milk price.

Dollar hits 6-year low on dairy jitters

The New Zealand dollar dropped to a six-year low after a surprisingly sharp slump in dairy prices fuelled concerns about the broader economy.

Q&A: Why is Fonterra cutting jobs?

Cash rate could go as low as 2pc

Reserve Bank may take interest rates to a new record low by October.

Fonterra axes 523 jobs

Chief Theo Spierings admits news unsettling for staff as co-op tries to reduce its payroll bill by up to $60m a year.