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The US trade war with China poses a risk for New Zealand, says ANZ’s chief economist, Sharon Zollner.
With dairy prices down nearly 13% below levels of a year ago, this adds to the downside risk to Fonterra’s newly minted $6.75/kgMS milk price forecast, says BNZ senior economist Doug Steel.
Fonterra’s board is backing Zespri chairman Peter McBride, and Maori agribusiness leader Jamie Tuuta in the 2018 board elections.
New Zealand's biggest annual A&P show will go ahead with cattle classes on November 14 - 16 despite the threat of spreading Mycoplasma bovis.
Thirty-seven farms were known at the end of August to be infected with Mycoplasma bovis, says the Ministry of Primary Industries.
DairyNZ says emissions prices suggested by the Productivity Commission would heavily affect NZ farming if the sector faced a full emissions price under the Emissions Trading Scheme.
The chairman of the Productivity Commission, Murray Sherwin, says farmers should not be scared by his organisation’s latest report on how New Zealand can achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Southland beef farmer Ben Walling says he is suing Southern Centre Dairies owner Alfons Zeestraten over the spread of the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.
Pāmu’s (formerly Landcorp) deer milk is on the awards stage again the announcement that it is a finalist in two categories in this year’s New Zealand Food Awards.
The first batch of candidates for the 2018 Fonterra farmer director elections will be unveiled next week.
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The whole milk powder price has fallen to an eight-month low in the latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction.
A trial is underway to measure the growth rates of Angus/Jersey beef calves from birth to finished product.
Gain insight into which cows should be cycling once mating starts with pre-mating heat detection.
Fonterra has revised its 2018/19 forecast farmgate milk price from $7.00 per kgMS to $6.75 per kgMS.
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