Fonterra Co-operative Group

Fonterra is New Zealand’s largest multinational company with revenue exceeding NZD $19.5bn. It is a cooperative that's owned by more than 11,000 farmers.

Founded
2001

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Fonterra launches Milk for Schools programme

More than 150 Southland and Otago (New Zealand) primary schools will receive an invitation to be among the first schools in the country to receive free milk for their students.

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Fonterra commits to improving water quality

Fonterra Co-operative Group is supporting the dairy industry’s new Sustainable Dairying: Water Accord (SDWA), having spent the last nine years working to improve water quality through the DCSA.

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Traces of DCD in Westland milk samples

Westland Milk Products customers are being assured food safety and human health has not been put at risk by the discovery of traces of DCD in some of its own samples.

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Fonterra welcomes food safety agreement with US

Fonterra has welcomed the signing of an agreement between New Zealand and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that recognises their respective food safety systems provide comparable assurance.

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Fonterra to focus on growth and durability

The decisions made by farmer shareholders over the past decade have laid a strong, durable foundation for Fonterra’s future growth and profitability, said Sir Henry van der Heyden at Fonterra’s Annual

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Fonterra creates ‘super-region’

On the eve of its unit trust fund IPO, Fonterra has announced that it is to merge its under-performing Australian-New Zealand business with its Asia/Middle East/African unit.

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Fonterra opens office in India

Fonterra Co-operative Group will be opening an office in Delhi and appointing Hamish Gowans as general manager for Fonterra in India.

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'Positive signs' for farmers despite payout drop

Fonterra’s farmers’ resilience and some early signs of a turnaround in commodity prices should help to soften the news of the co-operative’s announcement of a 30¢ drop in its forecast payout range.

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Fonterra confirms second dryer at Darfield

As Fonterra's first new processing site in 14 years is on track for taking milk from August 2012, plans are already under way for a second dryer at the Darfield, Canterbury site.

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Hands up in Northland for Fonterra Milk for Schools

A daily dose of dairy nutrition will be in the timetable for students at Northland's Kaiwaka Primary School from March 2012 as the school becomes one of the first to take part in Fonterra Milk for Sch

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Fonterra breaks exports record in December

Fonterra has broken its record for the highest export month with 246,000 tonnes of dairy products loaded on ships during December 2011 boosting New Zealand’s economy by $1.3 billion for the month.

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Fonterra announces Milk for Schools Programme

New Zealand's Fonterra is looking to introduce a Fonterra Milk for Schools programme, giving all New Zealand primary school children access to dairy nutrition every school day.

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Fonterra's main gas line still out of action

The majority of Fonterra's operations in the upper North Island are now up and running after Vector made a limited gas flow available. The main Maui gas line is still out of operation.

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Limited gas made available to Fonterra operations

Vector has advised Fonterra that it is providing limited gas flows to some of Fonterra’s upper North Island sites. As a result, Fonterra is working to get as many of these sites up and running again.

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Fonterra restructures organic operations

Fonterra's Kelvin Wickham says the cooperative is committed to the organics market, but as growth has significantly slowed since the global financial crisis, Fonterra needs to make changes.