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Jarden cautious on Fonterra units

Jarden cautious on Fonterra units

A Jarden analysis says Fonterra Shareholders' Fund units are enjoying supernormal profits from non-reference products at the same time that whole milk powder prices are still at solid levels.

Staff reporters 13 Sep 2022
Fonterra increases forecast earning; decreases forecast milk collections
Finance

Fonterra increases forecast earning; decreases forecast milk collections

The dairy company announced this morning that it had revised its 2023 forecast earning guidance to 45 to 60 cents per share, up from 30 to 45 per share.

Riley Kennedy 09 Sep 2022
'Highly unusual': buyer defaults on Maui deal to exit Freshmax
Investments

'Highly unusual': buyer defaults on Maui deal to exit Freshmax

The buyer for Maui's share of Freshmax has failed to get financing, director Paul Chrystall says. 

Victoria Young 08 Sep 2022
Analysts: NZ dairy sector to benefit 'really positively' this season
Finance

Analysts: NZ dairy sector to benefit 'really positively' this season

Strengthening demand resulted in a 4.9% increase in the overall Global Dairy Trade index earlier this week.

Riley Kennedy 08 Sep 2022


Riley Kennedy
Riley Kennedy

Journalist

Riley won the Dairy NZ Industry Award at the NZ Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators Awards in 2024. He was the New Zealand Shareholders Association emerging journalist of the year in 2022.  His journalism experience includes more than a year as a business specialist at the Otago Daily Times. He has a diploma in journalism from Wintec. 

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