Irish company paid a large premium for a meat co-op that was heavily indebted and had run up large losses in recent years ...

Farmers who own New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra voted Thursday to sell its consumer business to French group Lactalis, ...

For Fonterra, the divestment would enable a $2.00 per share tax-free capital return, totalling around NZ$3.2 billion for ...

Around 60 percent of shareholding farms could receive a windfall, if a Fonterra sale to a French dairy giant goes ahead.

New Zealand dairy producer Fonterra Co-operative Group said on Thursday its farmer shareholders have agreed to the NZ$4.22 ...

New Zealand sheep farmers are fighting to stop the loss of pasture to fast-spreading pine plantations, which earn government subsidies to soak up carbon emissions. Concern over the scale of the ...

Fonterra’s farmers have voted strongly in favour of the sale of its Mainland consumer and related businesses to France’s ...

New Zealand farmers have attacked proposed rules for green finance, warning they are unworkable and risk harming rural communities by driving up costs. Lobby group Federated Farmers has written to ...

New Zealand sheep farmers are fighting to stop the loss of pasture to fast-spreading pine plantations, which earn government subsidies to soak up carbon emissions. Concern over the scale of the ...

New Zealand's Fonterra Co-operative Group said on Thursday its farmer shareholders have agreed to the NZ$4.22 billion ($2.42 ...

New Zealand sheep farmers are fighting to protect grazing land from spreading pine plantations, which earn government subsidies to absorb carbon emissions ...