Fonterra holds dairy payout as global prices stay volatile

New Zealand diary co-operative Fonterra held the price it pays to its milk suppliers at an eight-year low on Thursday, and said the recent rise in global dairy prices was largely due to a cut in global supply while demand from China remains weak.

Fonterra 'on track' to hit payout

Fonterra chief financial officer Lukas Paravicini rejects the notion that the co-operative is playing safe in keeping this season’s farm gate milk price forecast at $4.70 a kilogram of milksolids.

Dairy commits $5m to ambitious zero pest plan

New Zealand’s dairy industry has committed $5 million over two years to the fight against stoats, rats and possums, which destroy native flora and fauna, and can carry bovine tuberculosis.

Supermercados de Santa Catarina racionam venda de leite e açúcar

Afetados pelo bloqueio das rodovias, supermercados do oeste de Santa Catarina começaram a racionar a venda de alimentos. No município de Xanxerê, por exemplo, cada cliente do supermercado Badotti pode comprar, no máximo, cinco quilos de farinha, cinco quilos de açúcar, dez litros de leite e sete latas de óleo de soja.