by Luci | Sep 19, 2023 | Default
Claas the machinery giant is making a giant machine available in the high horsepower tractor market. Its the slightly out of this world futuristic looking XERION 12 series. The machine packs a super-efficient 653 horsepower engine, 914mm tracks, updated hydraulics and...
by Luci | Sep 19, 2023 | Default
New figures from Land Information show the changes in the sales of land to foreign investors for trees seem to be having an effect. The former Special Forestry Test legislation did not seem to have any teeth when it came to stopping productive farmland being sold for...
by Luci | Sep 19, 2023 | Default
A2 Milk’s move to cancel its exclusive manufacturing and supply agreement with Synlait looks like part of a plan to boost its Mataura Valley Milk factory. A2 Milk owns 75% of Mataura Valley Milk buying the Southland dairy company in 2021 for $268.5 million to provide...
by Luci | Sep 18, 2023 | Default
The MPI has issued a public health warning after confirming the presence of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) toxins, along the coast from Port Waikato to Tauratahi Point at the entrance of Kāwhia Harbour. The warning includes the entire Raglan and Aotea Harbours....
by Luci | Sep 18, 2023 | Default
Insurance claims from Cyclone Gabrielle have surpassed $1 billion in Hawke’s Bay. The latest data from the Insurance Council of New Zealand shows there have been 18,526 Cyclone Gabrielle-related claims made in Hawke’s Bay for a value of $1,065,860,000 or nearly...
by Luci | Sep 18, 2023 | Default
The price of eggs is still rising and the laying hen population is nearly back to its peak…but the industry is still reeling from the raft of changes in how to produce eggs and the weak NZ dollar impacting just as feed costs are starting to dip. Poultry Association...
