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It was somewhat unfortunate that in the very same week Fonterra marked its first decade of mainly successful existence in New Zealand; next season’s forecast milk price was slashed by 45 cents a kilogram of milksoilds and its farmers in … Continue reading →

Turners & Growers has given up on its challenge to the export monopoly of kiwifruit marketer Zespri. Turners claim the backdown is due to the kiwifruit disease crisis currently hitting the industry. Managing director Jeff Wesley says his company was … Continue reading →

Recently there was more even proof that the farming sector is doing okay with news that the Government’s farming entity Landcorp is paying taxpayers a $27.5 million dividend this year. This result is a big improvement on last year’s $10m … Continue reading →

  Fonterra recently waved goodbye to its Canadian-born chief executive Andrew Ferrier after eight years in the top job. As is often the case when a popular and long-serving CE departs a company, Ferrier has been sent off in a … Continue reading →

The Government has plumped for commonsense rather than economic suicide by deferring the agriculture sector’s entry into the controversial Emission Trading Scheme (ETS). Farmers and climate change critics have consistently argued for a longer delay and/or for agriculture to be … Continue reading →

Just in case any New Zealanders don’t understand why the agriculture sector is so important to our country’s future they should take a quick look at the latest terms of trade figures. The terms of trade refer to the value … Continue reading →

It is not so much “Houston we have a problem”, but more like “Fonterra we have a problem”. A year after endorsing its capital-raising scheme Trading among Farmers (TAF), some of Fonterra’s farmer shareholders are now balking at the concept. … Continue reading →

Surprise, surprise; the Greens launch its new, clean river initiative and once-again farmers are at the brunt of the party’s animosity and revenue gathering plans. It now wants to charge farmers for the water they use for irrigation as part … Continue reading →

It looks as though New Zealand could once-again be living off the sheep’s (and cattle beasts’) back – and not just relying in the dairy sector – to help get our economy back in the black While most reports on … Continue reading →

In a clear case of politics winning over common sense the Government now says it will back a Select Committee inquiry into the price of milk on the local market. With political rivals Labour and Greens pushing for such a … Continue reading →