Future of Fonterra farmer council being reconsidered

Future of Fonterra farmer council being reconsidered
Brent Melville
Fonterra has asked its shareholders and sharemilkers to help determine the future of its 25-strong shareholders’ council – seven months after initiating a review of the council’s relevance and its cost. The dairy cooperative billed an initial farmer survey as the “first stage of a consultation to review the role and functions” of the FSC and acknowledged it had come only after criticism of the council’s performance by some farmers.  The functions of the council, set up to act as a farmer-run watchdog for the cooperative, have not been ame...

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