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Mike Hosking: 'Nothing is wrong with dairy'

If a problem arises on a Monday it might not... and doesn't need to be fixed by Tuesday.

Fran O'Sullivan: Interest-free loans softens payout hit

Much of the available loans it will offer will likely pass straight to banks to meet debt-servicing costs, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Fran O'Sullivan: Fonterra chairman a force at TPP talks

Fonterra chairman John Wilson's verbal sharp-shooting skills were put to good effect at the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) ministerial negotiations in Maui.

Brian Fallow: Hard to assess risks in secret trade talks

Should we be dismayed or relieved at the disarray the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations are in? Sorry, but on the information to hand it is impossible to say.

Liam Dann: It's time for rest of economy to shine

The tide has turned on the economic boom. The slump in dairy prices has once again laid bare the vulnerabilities of a commodity-dominated economy.

Fonterra should look at options

Is Fonterra on the right track? Or is it time for Plan B? Plan B would result in the company being split into a basic commodity player focused on growing the milk price.

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.

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.

Dairy giant needs more than cosmetic surgery

Fonterra management had no choice but to restructure, writes Liam Dann. But it is cosmetic surgery for a patient that requires much more fundamental medical attention.

Liam Dann: Price slump will weigh heavily

Fran O'Sullivan: Saudi deal lacked control

Murray McCully's controversial $10m deal bypassed the normal Govt control channels, writes Fran O'Sullivan. "The deal is now being challenged as an outright bribe."

Brian Gaynor: IPO puts spotlight on Aussie dairy sector

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

Changes in dairy call for a response

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

Sam Judd: Should farming go indoors?

We continue to strive for higher production in farming to raise more profit per square metre of land, writes Sam Judd. Perhaps there is a way to make a shed which is nice for the animals, with room to move around whilst still productive?

Fran O'Sullivan: Fonterra targets velocity

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

Fran O'Sullivan: Plan to can middle-men milking parents

A major disruptive play will be launched in the Chinese baby formula market in Beijing today which could ultimately have a big impact - some say seismic - on the price paid for imported product by....