Fonterra has recorded its highest ever month for exports with 229,000 tonnes of its dairy products leaving New Zealand shores in March.Gary Romano, Managing Director of Fonterra Trade & Operations,...

Bright Dairy, one of China’s major dairy manufacturers, is to invest about CNY1.4bn (US$214.5m) to build a new plant in Shanghai.The plant, which will make fresh milk, UHT milk and yoghurt, is scheduled...

Fonterra announced this week that cheddar cheese would be offered for sale on its globalDairyTrade electronic trading platform from the 19 July event. The addition will expand the range of products available...

An Italian court has backed Parmalat’s plan to delay a shareholder meeting that would likely have seen France’s Lactalis assume a greater role in the management of the Italian dairy firm, which...

Parmalat, the company behind iconic Queensland milk brand Pauls, is pleased to announce the success of its profit donating program which saw over $750,000 raised for Queensland flood relief. On Australia...

Consumer research group Roy Morgan has weighed in on Australia’s supermarket ‘milk war’, with new statistics showing that purchasing of supermarket-branded milk is on the rise, particularly...

New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra has today reported a net profit after tax of NZ$293 million, or 21c per share, for the six months to 31 January 2011, marking the first time Fonterra has reported...

French dairy group Lactalis has acquired an 11.42% stake in Italy-based rival Parmalat through an equity-swap deal. The French dairy now owns a 7.28% direct stake in Parmalat and has entered into an equity-swap...

The Queensland Dairyfarmer’s Organisation says that dairy farmers have been hit with the first impacts of the major supermarkets’ milk price war. After receiving their February milk cheques...

Fonterra, the world’s number on dairy exporter, has decided to open up its globalDairyTrade auction site to allow other processors to sell dairy products on the platform.The New Zealand-based company,...