Peter McBride: Fonterra Chair on the company's net profit rising by 13%
The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Newstalk ZB
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Show Notes
Our largest company has been seeing profits surge, despite a period of contraction in the economy as a whole.
Fonterra's confirmed a 13% rise in annual operating profit.
Its final farmgate milk payout to farmers has reached a new record high of $10.16 and its cash return to shareholders is up 30.6%.
Fonterra Chair Peter McBride told Mike Hosking we need dairy to do well for the country to do well.
He says dairy is a critical part of the New Zealand economy, and the Government can't grow the economy without growing dairy.
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