by admin | Sep 24, 2021 | Default
The funding process for the Mid Canterbury floods which spewed shingle over many farm paddocks is ongoing with MPI receiving 168 applications, worth more than $8million. So far 82 applications totalling $1.48m have been approved. Mid Canterbury Federated Farmers...
by admin | Sep 24, 2021 | Default
Exporters prepare yourselves for another season of disrupted shipping, and don’t expect it to improve for at least 12 to 18 months. Freight sector leaders are putting reduced sea freight capacity down to global port congestion and not shipping lines withdrawing NZ...
by admin | Sep 23, 2021 | Default
Wild kiwifruit vines, classified as a pest plant, have been spotted on 39 sites in Golden Bay in an aerial survey. While the fruit grown in controlled conditions is prized, wild vines can smother native trees and degrade plantation forests and in some cases become a...
by admin | Sep 23, 2021 | Default
Fonterra’s full-year profit has dropped by $60 million. Admittedly the previous year’s earnings were inflated by one-off asset sales, such as overseas farms and nutrition business Foodspring. Profit fell to $599 million in the year to the end of July, from $659m the...
by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Default
Numbers of pests and game animals are rapidly increasing in parts of the country. Successive mild seasons, reduced hunter pressure and growing resistance to the Calici Virus is leading to increased numbers of deer, goats, wallabies and rabbits in many areas. The Otago...
by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Default
Another rise in the Global Dairy Auction with a 1% lift in the overall index to sit at $4,011US dollars which is 29 per cent higher than at the same time last year.… The all important Whole Milk Powder climbed 2.2%….the second lift in a row after eight auctions...
