The Outlook For Global Sheepmeat And Beef Trade Is Improving But Beef + Lamb New Zealand Expects Farmer Profitability To Fall Sharply
The outlook for global sheepmeat and beef trade is improving but Beef + Lamb New Zealand expects farmer profitability to fall sharply due to reduced livestock prices and continued high inflation. The Beef + Lamb New Zealand Mid-Season Update shows farm profit before...
The New Zealand Pipfruit Crop Is Estimated To Be Down 21% On The Original January Crop Prediction
The New Zealand pipfruit crop is estimated to be down 21% on the original January crop prediction, resulting in a volume of 16.1 million tray cartons. The Gisborne crop is still being calculated. Central Otago and Nelson/Tasman by contrast have good growing and...
Central Districts Field Days Opens In Feilding Thursday – Event Manager Jonathon Paul Joins Mark Leishman On Round Up
Central Districts Field Days - the largest regional agricultural event in the rural calendar, and it opens in Feilding Thursday. Its been around for three decades now and with the weather looking good event manager Jonathon Paul is hoping to welcome back big crowds...
With All The Carnage In Parts Of This Land … The One Thing That Never Changes Is The March Of Time And Regardless Of The Disaster The 2023 Wine Grape Harvest Is Kicking Into Gear
With all the carnage in parts of this land … the one thing that never changes is the march of time and regardless of the disaster the 2023 wine grape harvest is kicking into gear, with the first of Marlborough’s sauvignon blanc set to be picked this week. Last season...
Federated Farmers Is Backing An ACT Party Member’s Bill That Would Repeal The Ban On Live Exports
Federated Farmers is backing an ACT Party Member’s Bill that would repeal the ban on live exports. ACT’s primary industries spokesperson, Mark Cameron, put the bill into the ballot last week, asking if New Zealand was wealthy enough to flush away a...
This Will Be One Of The Worst Years For Growers In Aotearoa Despite Rising Prices At The Supermarket
This will be one of the worst years for growers in Aotearoa despite rising prices at the supermarket, according to Leaderbrand CEO Richard Burke. Stats NZ’s food price index shows fruit and vegetable prices rose 23 per cent in the past year. Food prices were up 12 per...
The Ford Ranger NZ Rural Games At The Weekend Proved A Real Winner With The Weather Obliging Right In The Heart Of Middle NZ
The Ford Ranger NZ Rural Games was back after being cancelled last year due to Covid. The event at the weekend proved a real winner with the weather obliging right in the heart of middle NZ. Nearly 40,000 people came to enjoy an amazing array of rural sports and saw...
More Than 50,000 Metric Tonnes Of Overseas Pork Was Imported Into New Zealand During 2022
More than 50,000 metric tonnes of overseas pork was imported into New Zealand during 2022, most of it from countries that allow pig farming practices that are illegal in New Zealand. NZPork chief executive Brent Kleiss says that almost two thirds of the pork consumed...
In The South The 86th Wanaka A&P Show Saw 44,000 People Show Up
In the south the 86th Wanaka A&P Show saw 44,000 people show up. It is the largest two-day Show in the South Island and a fixture on the calendar for Upper Clutha locals and visitors to the region. … bringing more than $28 million worth of direct economic benefit...