Wellington, Sept 2 NZPA - Fonterra has appointed First NZ Capital-Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank-Craigs Investment Partners to advise it on creating two new markets, one to allow farmer-shareholders to trade shares among themselves, and another to allow indirect public investment in the co-opera

Wellington, Aug 23 NZPA - Nominations have opened for the Fonterra board seat chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden occupies, as well as those held by two other farmer-elected directors, Malcolm Bailey and Ian Farrelly.

Wellington, Aug 20 NZPA - Fonterra has reaffirmed that its payout for the 2010/11 season will be between $6.90 and $7.10 per kilogram of milksolids and says its sees signs of potential strengthening of international prices.

Wellington, July 4 NZPA - Fonterra may cut its forecast payout to farmers this season following the fourth consecutive month of lower prices on its internet auctions. The company said today it is reviewing the 2010-201 payout forecast because of falling dairy prices.

Wellington, June 30 NZPA - Fonterra directors today won over sufficient farmer shareholders to endorse changes to the cooperative's constitution that will allow share trading among farmers.

Wellington, June 30 NZPA - Fonterra shareholders have voted heavily in favour of changes to the cooperative's constitution that will allow share trading among its dairy farmers.

Wellington, June 30, NZPA - New Zealand's biggest company, Fonterra, says it needs permanent share capital to confidently invest in long-term global growth.

Wellington, May 25 NZPA - Federated Farmers has welcomed Fonterra's prediction that the payout to farmers next season may top $8/kg of milksolids, but has warned farmers not to count on milkflows turning into white gold.

Wellington, May 25 NZPA - Fonterra says its 10,500 farmers may get a payout of over $8/kg milksolids next season, adding an average payout of nearly a million dollars per farmer.

Wellington, May 17 NZPA - Fonterra may be able to build farmer payout as high as $8/kg of milksolids in the coming dairy season, says an industry commentator.