Fonterra - Latest News [Page 26]
Richie Mccaw Visits Fonterra’s Sri Lanka Operations
Tuesday, 2 April 2013, 5:11 pm | Fonterra
Fonterra’s global ambassador Richie McCaw has gained an up-close view of Fonterra in Sri Lanka last week during a two day tour of the Co-operative’s operations in the country. More >>
Fonterra Milk for Schools Takes Next Step
Tuesday, 2 April 2013, 10:51 am | Fonterra
More than 150 Southland and Otago primary schools will this morning receive an invitation to be among the first schools in the country to receive free milk for their students under the nationwide Fonterra Milk for Schools programme. The invitation marks the ... More >>
Fonterra interim result in a ‘season of two halves’
Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 3:00 pm | Fonterra
Farmer supplier-shareholders of Fonterra Cooperative Group will cheer its Net Profit After Tax increasing 33 percent. While the cooperative is increasing its forecast milk price to farmers by 30 cents per kilogram of milk solids (kg/MS), Federated ... More >>
Fonterra Posts Strong Half Year Result: Volume and Profit
Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 9:07 am | Fonterra
27 March 2013 Fonterra Posts Strong Half Year Result: Volume And Profit Growth $459 Million Half Year Net Profit After Tax 2013 MILK PRICE FORECAST REVISED Click here for: 2013_Fonterra_Interim_Report.pdf Forecast Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited ... More >>
Fonterra Releases Key Details On Planned May Supply Offer
Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 8:59 am | Fonterra
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited today confirmed that a Supply Offer enabling farmer shareholders to sell the economic rights of some of their shares will open in May. Farmer shareholders will have the opportunity to offer to sell the economic ... More >>
Thai PM Sees Fonterra’s Quality Processes First Hand
Monday, 25 March 2013, 4:01 pm | Fonterra
Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday met with Fonterra Co-operative Group Chairman John Wilson for a tour of a South Auckland dairy farm and also visited the Co-operative’s Te Rapa manufacturing site. More >>
Myanmar President Welcomed by Fonterra
Friday, 15 March 2013, 2:23 pm | Fonterra
Today, on his first visit to New Zealand, Myanmar President Thein Sein met with the Fonterra Co-operative Group’s Chairman John Wilson and CEO Theo Spierings at their headquarters in Auckland. More >>
Fonterra Welcomes Government's 'Freshwater Reform 2013'
Sunday, 10 March 2013, 12:34 pm | Fonterra
Fonterra welcomes the opportunity to discuss the Government’s ‘Freshwater Reform 2013 and Beyond' proposals, which were released today. More >>
Kiwis Awarded In Fonterra Proud To Be a Chef Melbourne Final
Friday, 8 March 2013, 2:54 pm | Fonterra
Three rising stars of the New Zealand culinary scene won accolades at last week’s Fonterra Proud To Be A Chef final, a competition designed to publicly recognise and reward the dedication of apprentice chefs in Australasia. More >>
Fonterra and DOC working together to care for waterways
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 11:02 am | Fonterra
Fonterra and the Department of Conservation (DOC) today announced a $20 million community investment to improve the natural habitats of some key waterways around New Zealand over the next ten years. As part of Fonterra’s Living Water initiatives, ... More >>
New Zealand’s Famous Can-Do Attitude Still In Tip Top Shape
Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 11:18 am | Fonterra
With a can-do attitude and a bit of Kiwi ingenuity, local Belmont Primary School student Jay Verry has proven anything is possible - fulfilling his dream of becoming an ice cream vendor for Tip Top. When ten year-old Jay drove past Tip Top corner ... More >>
Fonterra And A-Ware Food Group Confirm European Partnership
Monday, 4 March 2013, 9:55 am | Fonterra
New Zealand-based Fonterra and Netherlands-based A-ware Food Group have given the green light to develop a new cheese plant and dairy ingredients plant in Heerenveen in the north of the Netherlands. Fonterra CEO Theo Spierings and A-ware Food Group ... More >>
Fonterra Announces Plan To Support And Grow Milk Supply
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 9:13 am | Fonterra
Fonterra announced today a five-point plan to give farmer shareholders more flexibility in managing their farm businesses in order to support and grow milk production to support the Co-operative’s growth strategy. The plan includes: 1. A bonus issue ... More >>
Fonterra To Develop UHT Plant At Waitoa
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 9:09 am | Fonterra
Fonterra today announced it will be investing more than $100 million in a new UHT milk processing plant at its Waitoa site in the Waikato. Fonterra Chief Executive Officer Theo Spierings said the new plant would enable the co-operative to meet growing ... More >>
Fonterra Confirms Farmgate Milk Price
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 9:07 am | Fonterra
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited has confirmed its payout forecast range for the 2012/13 season of $5.90 - $6.00 before retentions for a fully shared up farmer, unchanged from the previous forecast range. Fonterra is required to consider its ... More >>
Fonterra Milk for Schools attracts plenty of interest
Sunday, 24 February 2013, 12:02 pm | Fonterra
Contacting Fonterra has been on the to-do list for many New Zealand primary schools since the 2013 school year kicked off – and more than half of the country’s eligible schools have now expressed interest in Fonterra Milk for Schools. More >>
Fonterra And RD1 Joining Forces For Farmers
Thursday, 21 February 2013, 4:08 pm | Fonterra
Fonterra and its rural retail arm, RD1, have teamed up to help the Co-operative’s farmers reach their stock exclusion goal by the end of the year. Fonterra Chairman John Wilson, Director Global Sustainability Bruce Donnison and RD1 Managing Director ... More >>
Fonterra Remains Committed to Improving Water Quality
Wednesday, 20 February 2013, 9:41 am | Fonterra
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited is right behind the dairy industry’s new Sustainable Dairying: Water Accord (SDWA), having spent the last nine years working to improve water quality through the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord (DCSA). During the DCSA ... More >>
Fonterra, Fisher & Paykel Join to Keep Milk Cool in Schools
Friday, 15 February 2013, 4:43 pm | Fonterra
Fonterra is joining forces with another home-grown New Zealand business to ensure that the milk kids are drinking through the Fonterra Milk for Schools programme is perfectly chilled. More >>
Fonterra CFO Stepping Down
Friday, 25 January 2013, 2:27 pm | Fonterra
Fonterra Co-operative Limited said today that its Chief Financial Officer Jonathan Mason would be retiring in the next six months and that it had commenced an international search to replace him. Fonterra Chief Executive Officer Theo Spierings said Jonathan ... More >>