by Luci | Aug 8, 2023 | Default
A wave of shearing record attempts in the New Zealand summer with the World Sheep Shearing Records Society already receiving seven applications for challenges in New Zealand from December 23 to February 2024. It is the most in New Zealand in any season in the 55 years...
by Luci | Aug 8, 2023 | Default
Another electric ute will be on sale in NZ next year. BYD the Chinese E vehicle manufacturer is launching the second fully electric ute here. Up until now, there has only been one fully-electric light commercial vehicle offered in New Zealand with the LDV eT60 ev Ute...
by Luci | Aug 8, 2023 | Default
The egg shortage looks set to continue but there is some light at the end of the tunnel with the layer hen population rebuilding and getting close to pre pandemic numbers. Michael Brooks Executive Director of the Egg Producers Federation says by the end of the year...
by Luci | Aug 7, 2023 | Default
Fonterra’s milk price forecast announcement on Friday will wipe $5 billion off the country’s GDP and most dairy farmers will make significant losses this year. Leading agri-economist Phil Journeaux says that, even before Friday’s sharp reduction from $8/kg to $7/kg...
by Luci | Aug 7, 2023 | Default
The cost of living is having an effect on the red meat sector at home, and volatile overseas markets have led to a drop in sheep meat exports. The Meat Industry Association said red meat exports reached $935 million in June, with sheep meat exports down 20% by volume...
by Luci | Aug 7, 2023 | Default
An increase in wildfires around the world should act as a warning for potential large-scale fires in New Zealand forests and rural landscapes this summer… NZ Institute of Forestry President James Treadwell, says there is an urgent need to prioritise at-risk land...
