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Farmers Disappointed with Forecast Dividend

Wednesday, 25 March 2015, 12:29 pm | Fonterra Shareholders Council

Fonterra Shareholders’ Council Chairman, Ian Brown said Farmers will be disappointed with today’s announced interim dividend of 10 cents per share and forecast range of 20-30 cents per share for the 2014/15 season especially given the current Milk ... More >>

Maintaining Milk Price Will Help Build Farmers' Confidence

Thursday, 26 February 2015, 11:03 am | Fonterra Shareholders Council

Fonterra Shareholders’ Council Chairman, Ian Brown said the Co-operative’s announcement to maintain the 2014/15 forecast Farmgate Milk Price at $4.70 per kg/MS will be a relief for Farmers. More >>

Farmers Understanding of Milk Price Drop

Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 9:26 am | Fonterra Shareholders Council

Fonterra Shareholders’ Council Chairman, Ian Brown said Farmers would be understanding of the Co-operative’s decision to reduce the 2014/15 forecast farmgate Milk Price to $4.70 per kg/MS. Mr Brown: “Most Farmers understand the reality of the situation ... More >>

Voting for the 2014 Fonterra Elections Underway

Friday, 17 October 2014, 1:54 pm | Fonterra Shareholders Council

Voting is now open for the 2014 Fonterra Board of Directors’ Elections and the Shareholders’ Councillor Elections in Ward 2 (Central Northland), Ward 7 (Piako), Ward 14 (Eastern Bay of Plenty) and Ward 22 (Northern Manawatu). More >>

Great Result for Farmers Following Challenging Year

Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 9:25 am | Fonterra Shareholders Council

Fonterra Shareholders’ Council Chairman, Ian Brown said the 2013/14 season was one of real complexities for the Co-operative yet produced a great result for Farmers. More >>

Nominations Have Closed for the 2014 Fonterra Elections

Friday, 5 September 2014, 2:25 pm | Fonterra Shareholders Council

Nominations for the 2014 Fonterra Elections closed at 12 noon today. The candidates for the Fonterra Board of Directors’ Election will be announced on Tuesday, 23 September 2014 following the completion of the Candidate Assessment Panel (CAP) process. ... More >>

Nominations for the 2014 Fonterra Elections open today

Friday, 15 August 2014, 2:29 pm | Fonterra Shareholders Council

Nominations open today for the 2014 Fonterra Elections. This year elections are being held for three shareholder-elected Directors for Fonterra’s Board of Directors, two members of the Directors’ Remuneration Committee, and 22 members of the Shareholders’ ... More >>

Brown Re-Elected as Council Chairman for Third Term

Friday, 18 July 2014, 11:02 am | Fonterra Shareholders Council

Fonterra Shareholders’ Council Chairman, Ian Brown has today been re-elected unopposed to the position for a third term. Ian Brown: “I appreciate the support I continue to receive from Councillors and look forward to leading the Council for a further ... More >>

Shareholders’ Council welcomes report, recommendations

Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 2:49 pm | Fonterra Shareholders Council

The Fonterra Shareholders’ Council, which safeguards the interests of the dairy Co-operative’s 10,500 Shareholders, said it welcomed the completion of the Fonterra Board commissioned independent report of the WPC80 issue. More >>

Shareholders’ Council welcomes report, recommendations

Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 2:49 pm | Fonterra Shareholders Council

The Fonterra Shareholders’ Council, which safeguards the interests of the dairy Co-operative’s 10,500 Shareholders, said it welcomed the completion of the Fonterra Board commissioned independent report of the WPC80 issue. More >>

Satisfactory return for Farmers, implemented changes

Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 3:47 pm | Fonterra Shareholders Council

The Fonterra Shareholders’ Council, which safeguards the interests of the dairy Co-operative’s 10,500 Shareholders, said the final payout of $6.16 ($5.84 farmgate Milk Price and $0.32 dividend) for a fully shared-up Farmer announced today was an ... More >>

Increased forecast milk price, a positive for farmers, NZ

Tuesday, 27 August 2013, 4:43 pm | Fonterra Shareholders Council

All of New Zealand will benefit from today’s announced 30 cent increase in the Forecast Farmgate Milk said Fonterra Shareholders’ Council Chairman, Ian Brown. More >>

Aggressive forecast Farmgate Milk Price, advance welcomed

Wednesday, 29 May 2013, 10:55 am | Fonterra Shareholders Council

Fonterra Shareholders’ Council Chairman, Ian Brown, said it was encouraging for Farmers to see Fonterra take an aggressive stance in its Milk Price forecasting for next season. More >>

Farmers Taking Advantage of Capital Structure Flexibility

Monday, 27 May 2013, 2:34 pm | Fonterra Shareholders Council

Twenty per cent of Fonterra Farmers have sought to sell close to $600 million worth of the economic rights to their Wet Shares. Due to high demand this offer will be scaled and as such Fonterra will buy 79.7% of the economic rights each Shareholder ... More >>

Farmers Taking Advantage of Capital Structure Flexibility

Monday, 27 May 2013, 10:57 am | Fonterra Shareholders Council

Fonterra Shareholders’ Council Chairman, Ian Brown, said Farmers’ take-up of the latest Fonterra Supply Offer shows they are beginning to take advantage of the flexibility Trading Among Farmers (TAF) offers them. More >>

Strong half year result a well-needed boost for Farmers

Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 11:22 am | Fonterra Shareholders Council

A strong half year result which culminated in an increase in the Milk Price, a raise in the advance rate paid to Farmers and an interim dividend of 16cents has provided some much needed relief for Fonterra Farmers said Fonterra Shareholders’ Council ... More >>

Greater flexibility will benefit supplier Shareholders

Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 1:36 pm | Fonterra Shareholders Council

Fonterra Shareholders’ Council Chairman, Ian Brown said the range of measures announced today by the Fonterra Board of Directors will be welcomed by all Fonterra Shareholder Farmers. More >>

Fonterra Farmers Committed To Sustainable Practices: Brown

Wednesday, 20 February 2013, 9:58 am | Fonterra Shareholders Council

MEDIA RELEASE 20 February 2013 Results Show Fonterra Farmers’ Committed To Sustainable Practices: Brown The final Dairying and Clean Streams Accord (DCSA) findings have illustrated the positive effect Fonterra Farmers’ sustainability efforts have had ... More >>

DCD decision practical but affected Farmers’ nitrate targets

Thursday, 24 January 2013, 5:09 pm | Fonterra Shareholders Council

The Fonterra Shareholders’ Council, which represents the Co-operative’s 10,500 Farmer Shareholders, said it was important for Regional Councils to work closely with affected Farmers and re-examine nitrate level targets following the announcement ... More >>

Dairy Bill Can’t Be Supported In Current Form

Thursday, 29 March 2012, 4:16 pm | Fonterra Shareholders Council

The Fonterra Shareholders’ Council, which speaks for Fonterra’s 10,500 farmer-shareholders, has announced it cannot support the Government’s Dairy Industry Restructuring Bill as it is currently written. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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