The dairy co-op now has the go-ahead from regulators, to push ahead with the sale of its consumer brands to French dairy giant Lactalis for 4.22 billion dollars.
Three point two billion will be paid back to shareholders at two-dollars a share..
Fonterra Co-operative Council Chair John Stevenson says he's hearing many farmers are planning to reinvest back into their farms.
He says they trade in international markets and there's always volatility in what they do, but the confidence that that money's coming is really reassuring.
