by Luci | Jul 13, 2023 | Default
Prime lamb farmgate prices have fallen 50c/kg in the past three weeks, and for the first time in 20 years average July prices are lower than those paid in June. They are being driven lower by bulging inventory in China, high export volumes from Australia and the fact...
by Luci | Jul 13, 2023 | Default
The Ministry of Education says the contract with an American carpet company is signed and there is no turning back meaning American synthetic carpet will be laid at 800 rural and remote schools upsetting the wool industry. But New Zealand Rural Schools Leadership...
by Luci | Jul 13, 2023 | Default
The country’s largest kiwifruit Sungold grower says its rates bill will double now that the value of the license to grow Sungold can be added to a property’s rates bill. The Court of Appeal came down on the side of the Gisborne District Council. Seeka Kiwifruit...
by Luci | Jul 13, 2023 | Default
Food price increases are still running at an all-time high, lifting 12.5% from June 2022 to June 2023. The Stats NZ Food Price Index shows the annual increase was across all the broad food categories. Grocery food prices increased 12.8%, fruit and vegetables prices...
by Luci | Jul 12, 2023 | Default
Methane inhibitors could be fed to livestock in New Zealand as soon as September. The Environmental Protection Authority expects to decide by September on an application from Dutch multi national DSM to introduce a feed additive to reduce methane emissions in...
by Luci | Jul 12, 2023 | Default
Gisborne kiwifruit growers have lost their fight to have the value of their gold kiwifruit licenses removed from the rateable value of their properties. Three years ago the Gisborne District Council started including the license in the growers’ rates. The...
