by admin | Apr 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dry stock farmers’ salaries have gone up in the last year. Despite tough times and low inflation, most sheep, beef and grain farmers have paid higher average salaries than a year ago. The employee remuneration report by Federated Farmers and Rabobank shows...
by admin | Apr 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Two farm workers who did long hours and were underpaid at a farm in Leeston near Christchurch have been awarded $21,907.42. The Employment Relations Authority found Bernard Reiher was not allowed days off, while Kirstin Morgan was told she was not allowed...
by admin | Apr 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
In yesterday’s Daily Report we featured a story on the Alliance Group exporting frozen lamb pouches to China well now those pouches can have the much more popular chilled meat, as China has agreed to allow New Zealand chilled meat into its vast market. The industry...
by admin | Apr 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
This year is looking like a big comeback year for NZ Wine. The 2015 harvest of 326 thousand tonnes was well down on the 445,000 tonnes the previous year. CEO of NZ Winegrower’s Philip Gregan says after a consistently dry summer, 2016 is looking like a great...
by admin | Apr 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Global dairy prices have climbed modestly. In the latest auction overnight, prices rose by 3.8 per cent to $US2263 a tonne. It marks the third positive auction out of the eight so far in 2016. The best news is the key indicator, wholemilk powder which helps...
