by Luci | Mar 2, 2023 | Default
The price of some vegetables like kūmara and broccoli has doubled since Cyclone Gabrielle swept through New Zealand and decimated vast areas of crops. Supermarkets are warning customers to get used to the higher prices, which could linger until after next year’s...
by Luci | Mar 2, 2023 | Default
China’s strict Covid zero policies finally lifted in December, and now consumer behaviour in China will determine how much New Zealand milk and meat the country will need. That’s the view of NZX Dairy insights manager Stuart Davison who says as infection rates...
by Luci | Mar 2, 2023 | Default
While most attention has been on the East Coast of the North Island with its extraordinary weather woes the South Island has enjoyed a hot sunny summer. But therein lies another problem with most of the south suffering from not enough water. So lets find out about one...
by Luci | Mar 1, 2023 | Default
Ag and Trade minister Damien O’Connor is back from a whistle stop tour of Japan and while trade was the focus of the past few days the plight of East Coast farmers is still front of mind. Damien O’Connor says it is still physically impossible to get people into some...
by Luci | Mar 1, 2023 | Default
Masterton is back as the mecca of shearing with more than 370 shearers, wool handlers and wool pressers set for the three-day Golden Shears from tomorrow. The international competition is finally back after two years of cancellations due to Covid restrictions. The...
by Luci | Mar 1, 2023 | Default
The number of farms where a tropical agriculture pest that destroys maize and sweetcorn crops has more than doubled since January, Foundation for Arable Research says. Foundation general business and operations manager Ivan Lawrie said the fall armyworm moth larvae...
