Fonterra Says Its Milk Will Be 30% Greener In Seven Years By Encouraging Farmers To Plant Trees – Dr Jacqueline Rowarth Joins Mark Leishman On Round Up
Fonterra says its milk will be 30% greener in seven years by encouraging farmers to plant trees, treat cow pats and introduce methane-cutting tools. The announcement is the first time the co-op, the country’s biggest emitter, has asked its farmers to take steps to...
NZ King Salmons Blue Endeavour Plans To Set Up An Ocean Salmon Farm In Cook Strait
NZ King Salmons Blue Endeavour plans to set up an ocean salmon farm in Cook Strait now await the final regulatory step is an aquaculture decision from Fisheries NZ. The company has been working on the Blue Endeavour project for several years as an answer to rising...
Two Roaming Dogs Attacked Ewes That Had Just Been Sold At The Stortford Lodge Saleyards
Two roaming dogs attacked ewes that had just been sold at the Stortford Lodge Saleyards. Truck driver Jayden Ngatai was loading more than 300 ewes into a truck and watched in horror as roaming dogs began to attack the flock. Two ewes were killed in the attack after...
Lamb Schedules Have Fallen In Recent Weeks With Some Companies Now Offering Just $6.50 A Kilo – Toby Williams Joins Mark Leishman On Round Up
Lamb schedules have fallen in recent weeks with some companies now offering just $6.50 a kilo - having been $8.30 two seasons ago, and $7.20 last year. The drop is being put down to continued soft demand from key markets like China - and an influx of Australian lamb...
The Prices Of Key Export Commodities Have Risen For The Second Consecutive Month
The prices of key export commodities have risen for the second consecutive month, driven by dairy and horticulture. ANZ World Commodity Price Index - which measures New Zealand’s main exports - gained 2.9% in September although prices were still nearly 7% lower than a...
Comvita Has Donated More Than 40,000 Mānuka Trees To Farms And Schools In Central Hawke’s Bay After Seeing First Hand The Devastating Impact Of This Year’s Weather Events
Comvita has donated more than 40,000 mānuka trees to farms and schools in Central Hawke’s Bay after seeing first hand the devastating impact of this year’s weather events, Planting projects include a gully retirement, erosion control, riparian and slip revegetation as...
A Bay Of Plenty Dairy Farm Business Has Been Fined $40,000 After Dairy Effluent Ended Up In Lake Rotorua
A Bay of Plenty dairy farm business has been fined $40,000 after dairy effluent ended up in Lake Rotorua. Chlorofield Limited was sentenced in the Environment Court at Tauranga after it pleaded guilty to a charge of discharging dairy effluent on to land that may enter...
Federated Farmers Is Keen To Raise Awareness Of The Mediation Scheme Run By The Ministry For Primary Industries To Give Struggling Farmers The Chance To Work Through Debt Problems With Their Bank
Federated Farmers is keen to raise awareness of the mediation scheme run by the Ministry for Primary Industries to give struggling farmers the chance to work through debt problems with their bank, using independent mediators. By law, banks must offer mediation before...
Sales For Small Businesses In The Agriculture Sector Fell 11.5% In September Performing Significantly Worse Than The National Average
Sales for small businesses in the agriculture sector fell 11.5% in September, compared with September 2022, performing significantly worse than the national average. Xero economist Louise Southall says the latest Xero Small Business Index shows the agricultural sector...