by Luci | Mar 16, 2023 | Default
Fonterra boosted first-half profit 50% and announced plans to return $800 million to its shareholders from asset sales. The $800m sale of its Chilean Soprole business is being shared with its farmer owners and unit holders equating to about 50 cents per share. The...
by Luci | Mar 16, 2023 | Default
The recent cyclones have put a massive hit on our infrastructure and productive sector and Federated Farmers Dairy Chair Richard McIntyre says New Zealand can’t afford to turn its back on annual export income worth $400m-$500m … such as the Livestock Export trade. The...
by Luci | Mar 15, 2023 | Default
The Central Hawkes Bay charity Collective Hug is busier than ever. It was set up after the drought two years ago .. and kept going through another drought in 2021 and then in turn the worst flood in Hawkes Bay history this year. … Collective Hug was born via a...
by Luci | Mar 15, 2023 | Default
The outlook for global sheepmeat and beef trade is improving but Beef + Lamb New Zealand expects farmer profitability to fall sharply due to reduced livestock prices and continued high inflation. The Beef + Lamb New Zealand Mid-Season Update shows farm profit before...
by Luci | Mar 15, 2023 | Default
The New Zealand pipfruit crop is estimated to be down 21% on the original January crop prediction, resulting in a volume of 16.1 million tray cartons. The Gisborne crop is still being calculated. Central Otago and Nelson/Tasman by contrast have good growing and...
by Luci | Mar 15, 2023 | Default
Central Districts Field Days – the largest regional agricultural event in the rural calendar, and it opens in Feilding Thursday. Its been around for three decades now and with the weather looking good event manager Jonathon Paul is hoping to welcome back big...
