Bellamy's organic infant formula derails in China
The misfortunes of organic infant formula maker Bellamy’s demonstrate that value-add dairy is not an easy game, writes Keith Woodford.
Playing China's infant formula game
China’s infant formula market imports continue to grow but further business failures are inevitable, writes Keith Woodford.
Keith Woodford says if action lines up with rhetoric American dairy will be hit by incoming president Trump’s policies & global dairy prices will rise
America’s dairy industry, and also American fruit and vegetable production, will be seriously hit if incoming President Donald Trump aligns his actions with pre-election rhetoric. These industries rely on officially undocumented Hispanic labour, from Mexico and further south, to do much of the hard work. By Keith Woodford
Can Stretchy Cheese Boost Fonterra as Milk Bet Sours?
World’s biggest dairy exporter bet the farm on rising milk-powder demand from China. By RACHEL PANNETT
Keith Woodford points to the outsized importance of governance failure in the crisis hitting Australia's largest dairy cooperative, compares it to our own rural industry governance issues
Our Australian dairy cousins are currently going through difficult times, particularly for those who supply Murray Goulburn, and to a lesser extent Fonterra. There are lessons to be learned, although there may be alternative perspectives as to the specifics thereof. By Keith Woodford
High value products need a point of difference
Heading into a third year of low prices, questions have to be asked whether the dairy industry is on a false path. If so, where is the path back to firm ground? asks Keith Woodford. By Keith Woodford
How a Dairy Firm at the End of the Earth Is Trying to Rule the World
In the shadow of a snow-dusted volcano on a corner of New Zealand’s North Island, a sprawling expanse of stainless steel vats, chimneys and giant warehouses stands as a totem of the tiny nation’s dominance in the global dairy trade. By Emma O’Brien
Critical whole milk powder prices fall for fourth time in a row
Dairy farmers woke up this morning to news they did not want to hear – the latest global dairy auction has seen prices fall, with crucial whole milk powder down 1.6 per cent. By GERARD HUTCHING
All eyes on next GDT event
OPINION: Right now, the focus of almost every New Zealand dairy farmer is on survival. It is a time when cash is king. By KEITH WOODFORD.
Fonterra half-year profit projected to jump 136%
In a year when prices are on the floor and farmers are struggling to stay in business, Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, is expected to report a massive increase in profit.