by Luci | Aug 10, 2023 | Default
State-owned farming company Pāmu has reached its goal of half of its farms meeting a carbon reduction target by June this year. Pāmu chief executive Mark Leslie says the milestone means Pāmu is on track to meet its goal of 100 per cent of its farms achieving Toitū...
by Luci | Aug 10, 2023 | Default
In early May Fed Farmers President Andrew Hoggard resigned and took up politics with the ACT party. But it seems calving gets in the way of politics and he is trying to juggle campaigning with farming obligations. Andrew joins Mark Leishman on Round Up.
by Luci | Aug 9, 2023 | Default
The scale and pace of sheep and beef land purchased for forestry is higher than first thought. An updated Orme & Associates report on land-use change from sheep and beef to forestry commissioned by Beef + Lamb NZ shows the amount of land sold in 2021 rose 66%...
by Luci | Aug 9, 2023 | Default
Recently released data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand shows that while the number of farm sales is low, the market remains strong. 1131 farms were sold in the year to June 2023 – 571 less than were sold in the year June 2022. There were 37.5%...
by Luci | Aug 9, 2023 | Default
Dairy auction prices dipped further last week with overall prices down 4.3%, while whole milk powder prices dipped sharply 8.0% . Following that Fonterra dropped its forecast payout to $7 /kilo MS which sits below the break even level for Dairy Farmers. Federated...
