by Luci | Mar 30, 2023 | Default
The South Island Fieldays are on at the moment in Kirwee Canterbury and the weather has not been kind with very cold conditions on day one yesterday and a maximum 9 degrees today. Former North Canterbury Feds President Cameron Henderson reports in from the biggest...
by Luci | Mar 29, 2023 | Default
One Hawke’s Bay farmer reckons he has lost about $2 million in infrastructure during Cyclone Gabrielle. Paul Harris of Tūtira in the east of Hawke’s Bay, calculates 100km of fences were lost to flooding and slips, as well as stock crossings and water systems .. and...
by Luci | Mar 29, 2023 | Default
The country’s biggest group of Māori kiwifruit growers is about to export fruit to Hawaii this year with Taiwan next in its sights in a first for Zespri-Māori collaboration. Māori Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated has 40-plus members who contribute around 10 per cent of...
by Luci | Mar 29, 2023 | Default
This week marks the 40th anniversary of Closer Economic Relations or CER the free trade agreement between New Zealand and Australia. CER was a world-leading agreement in 1983 and the WTO has called it the world’s most comprehensive, effective and mutually compatible...
by Luci | Mar 29, 2023 | Default
While the focus has rightly been on the challenges facing east coast north island farmers after the February cyclone there has been an extreme summer in the far south … that has changed dramatically over the past few days with snow making its first appearance…but is...
by Luci | Mar 28, 2023 | Default
Apple growers are unlikely to make any money from exports to the UK and Europe. Soaring orchard costs, high freight costs and returns not keeping up with inflation. Ag First Horticulture consultant Ross Wilson says NZ grows the best varieties and provides superb...
