• Foreign investment in the spotlight
    • Xcheque
    • 01 October 2012

    In debate over large scale investments in agriculture in Australia, there are some broader issues about foreign investment that don’t seem to get talked about enough.

  • Fonterra plans two more farms in China
    • Timaru Herald
    • 14 April 2012

    Fonterra will develop two new dairy farms in China, increasing to five the number of farms the co-operative has in the country, while, the NZ Government is expected to announce any day whether Shanghai Pengxin can buy the 8000ha Crafar dairy farms.

  • Speech to the Middle East Business Council
    • NZ Government
    • 01 Mar 2012

    IP-rich New Zealand is a logical partner for resource-rich Gulf states as a producer of food in places like Africa, says New Zealand's Minister of Foreign Affairs.

  • China ready to fight for its pound of flesh
    • NZ Herald
    • 10 August 2011

    Two issues are bound to feature in New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser's talks in Beijing next week: New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra’s market power in the China domestic market and Chinese investment intentions within New Zealand.

  • Chinese say farmland investments not to be feared
    • 3 News
    • 04 August 2011

    The Chinese Embassy in Wellington wheeled out a government spokesman today in a rare move, to tell New Zealanders they have nothing to fear from Chinese farmland investments.

  • Fonterra sets sights on Brazil
    • NZ Herald
    • 13 May 2011

    Dairy exporter Fonterra is expanding in South America with plans for a pilot dairy farm in Brazil.

  • Fonterra in Brazil land purchase
    • NZ Herald
    • 12 May 2011

    The New Zealand dairy giant has signed a deal to buy an 850 hectare farm in the Brazilian state of Goias.

  • Keep farms Kiwi: Fonterra
    • Business Day
    • 18 November 2010

    New Zealand's need for overseas capital does not mean giving away control or ownership of farms, says Fonterra chairman.

  • Fonterra eyes more farms in China
    • NZ Herald
    • 24 September 2010

    "What China needs is safe, healthy Chinese milk and it starts all the way up stream with farming," Fonterra's CEO Andrew Ferrier said.

  • Fonterra moves step closer to opening 2 new China dairy farms
    • Fonterra
    • 17 September 2010

    Fonterra today signed an agreement with the Government of Yutian County in China which formalises the final stage of due diligence on two potential Fonterra dairy farm sites.

  • Fonterra eyes options for China relaunch
    • Business Day
    • 30 August 2010

    Fonterra says it is having a "very close look" at relaunching a processing business in China as it faces a rapidly growing competitive threat from Chinese manufacturing startups with their own large-scale dairy farms.

  • A land grab, or just free trade?
    • NZ Workers Party
    • 03 April 2010

    The economic nationalism and calls for protectionism seem ironic given the fact that Fonterra itself is a large multinational, which in addition to having farms in China, has since 2002 been in partnership with global food giant Nestle in the Dairy Partners Americas.

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