by Luci | Jul 21, 2023 | Default
Chicago Board of Trade wheat prices soared 8% overnight, after Ukrainian ports were hit by Russian missiles and Russia’s Ministry of Defence warned that all vessels travelling to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports will be regarded as potential carriers of military cargo. This...
by Luci | Jul 21, 2023 | Default
The chronic staff shortage in the dairy industry has dropped from 4000 vacancies to around 2000-2500 in the post-pandemic world. DairyNZ people manager Jane Muir says job market tension is getting close to pre-pandemic levels. Around 600 jobs are being advertised on...
by Luci | Jul 20, 2023 | Default
The Government will give $90 million to Fonterra, one of New Zealand’s largest greenhouse gas emitters, to help reduce the use of coal in its dairy operations. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was supposed to announce the subsidy at Fonterra’s Hautapu site in the Waikato...
by Luci | Jul 20, 2023 | Default
The Government must enable farmers to adopt a flexible commonsense approach to exclusion of beef cattle and deer from waterways. Beef + Lamb New Zealand , Federated Farmers, and Deer Industry New Zealand have put in a joint submission on the low-slope map consultation...
by Luci | Jul 20, 2023 | Default
Federated Farmers president North Canterbury Karl Dean is looking with hope to spring after a soggy autumn and winter a falling milk price and rising interest rates. Very much a winter of discontent. Karl Dean joins Mark Leishman on Round Up.
