by Luci | Aug 7, 2023 | Default
The cost of living is having an effect on the red meat sector at home, and volatile overseas markets have led to a drop in sheep meat exports. The Meat Industry Association said red meat exports reached $935 million in June, with sheep meat exports down 20% by volume...
by Luci | Aug 7, 2023 | Default
An increase in wildfires around the world should act as a warning for potential large-scale fires in New Zealand forests and rural landscapes this summer… NZ Institute of Forestry President James Treadwell, says there is an urgent need to prioritise at-risk land...
by Luci | Aug 7, 2023 | Default
Farmers are trudging around a little deeper in the mud after a fall in Fonterra’s expected payout to dairy farmers. As reported Fonterra cut its forecast Farmgate Milk Price — from eight-dollars-per-kilogram of milk solids, to just seven-dollars due to...
by Luci | Aug 4, 2023 | Default
A Rotorua export company’s surge in demand has pushed its backlog for one product out from 22 to 100 weeks as it desperately seeks more staff. Hayes International general manager Nick Looijen says business has been “just incredible” but it needs staff. Local...
by Luci | Aug 4, 2023 | Default
Fonterra has slashed its forecast milk price for the 2023/24 season by $1 as demand slumps. The co-op announced a revised farmgate milk price range of $6.25 to $7.25 per kilogram of milk solids, with a mid-point of $7 per kgMS…the forecast was previously at a...
