National Foods is likely to come under further pressure in Tasmania with milk distributors in the state likely to pursue a PR campaign designed to win back lost supply contracts. The dairy firm has only...

Fonterra has announced it will be implementing an $11.5 million investment program to increase cheese and whey powder processing capacity at its dairy manufacturing sites in northern Tasmania.”Fonterra...

The dairy sector is set to go through a period of rapid changes in the next decade, according to Dutch dairy co-operative FrieslandCampina, with milk set to become one of the world’s most valuable...

Sales on Fonterra’s internet-based trading platform, globalDairyTrade, have reached $US1 billion over the 19 trading events since launch in July 2008, with the world’s biggest dairy exporter...

After reaching a compromise agreement just prior to Christmas, most Tasmanian farmers have now signed their new contracts with processor National Foods, closing the book on a tense chapter between the...

Fresh questions have been raised about China’s food safety policy after it emerged that officials waited almost a year before going public with its latest probe into alleged melamine contamination...

Nestlé has resumed its operations in Zimbabwe following the suspension of its activities last month over a dispute on buying milk from suppliers linked to the wife of President Robert Mugabe. The Swiss...

The world’s largest food manufacturer has suspended operations at its dairy plant in Zimbabwe due to safety concerns. Nestlé decided in October to sever ties with farms owned by Grace Mugabe –...

The long-running talks between Tasmanian dairy farmers and processor National Foods finally took a turn for the better early last week after previous negotiations had continually stalled. The ongoing saga...

Fonterra announced yesterday a price increase of 17 cents per kilogram (c/kg) of milk solids for Victorian and Tasmanian dairy farmers. The price increase will will be backdated to 1 July 2009 and predicts...