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30 Nov 2004 | Flavoured milk sales sour takeover tussle
National Foods and Fonterra are exchanging barbs about the recent performance and prospects of the Australian-owned dairy processor, which faces a hostile takeover bid from the Kiwi group. ...... FULL STORY
24 Nov 2004 | Timbers beat milk for south-west farm profits
Prime dairy land in Victoria's south-west is being turned into forestry plantations, to the alarm of some dairy industry leaders. ...... FULL STORY
19 Nov 2004 | Controversy bubbles along over place names
The World Trade Organisation ruled in favour of Australian wine producers, who may soon win back the right to label sparkling wines as "champagne". ...... FULL STORY
18 Nov 2004 | Exports underpin dairy recovery
Farm gate prices for milk increased by three per cent over the year to June 2004, to 27.9 cents a litre, up from 27.1 cents a litre in 2003. ...... FULL STORY
17 Nov 2004 | Dairy deregulation concentrates industry in Victoria
The deregulation of the dairy industry and the payment of compensation to farmers has caused a realignment of the industry. ...... FULL STORY
5 Nov 2004 | Farmers baulk at long term milk contracts
Farmers in the NSW southern highlands have baulked at signing long-term milk supply contracts with National Foods. ...... FULL STORY
5 Nov 2004 | National Foods persists with SPC Ardmona offer
National Foods chief executive Peter Margin said the unsolicited bid for the company from New Zealand dairy group Fonterra bid would speed up talks between National Foods and cannery SPC Ardmona to create an alternative for shareholders. ...... FULL STORY
4 Nov 2004 | Fonterra firm on National Foods offer
Fonterra chief executive Andrew Ferrier said the company would not increase its from $5.45 a share bid for National Foods. ...... FULL STORY
3 Nov 2004 | NZ monopoly seeks Aussie dairy dominance
Fonterra's bid for National Foods highlights differences in the regulation of primary industries in Australia and New Zealand. ...... FULL STORY
3 Nov 2004 | Dairy processors agrees to increase farm gate prices
Four major dairy processors including Nestlé, Murray Goulburn Co-operative, Tatura Milk Industries and Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory agreed to increase prices to farmers. ...... FULL STORY
2 Nov 2004 | National Foods opens door to Fonterra offer
National Foods said it would review its merger plans with cannery SPC Ardmona, to allow NatFood’s shareholders to consider a $1.3 billion takeover offer from New Zealand dairy group Fonterra. ...... FULL STORY
1 Nov 2004 | National Foods milks dairy market share
As part of its takeover defence against the hostile bid from Fonterra, National Foods said that it estimated that its national market share in fresh dairy products had risen by two percentage points to 37 per cent. ...... FULL STORY
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