Dry spell shadow over payout

The tantalising prospect of a $6-plus Fonterra milk payout this year is taking a dry weather battering in the dairying powerhouse north of Taupo as milk production slides.

Synlait looks at float alternatives

Synlait Milk says alternatives to a previously planned sharemarket float to raise capital have emerged, given a recovery in dairy sector prices.

NZ Dairies: Russians backing us

New Zealand Dairies says its debt-restructured Russian owner is firmly behind the Studholme milk processor, which will look at expansion opportunities down the track.

Farms' fate may lie with Govt

BY PAUL GORMAN - © Fairfax NZ News

The fate of controversial Mackenzie Basin dairy farms with cubicles for up to 18,000 cows could end up in the Government's hands.