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Farmgate dairy and beef prices are improving but lamb prices remain weak, according to the latest BNZ Rural Wrap.
The country's farmers appear to be a little more upbeat than they were several months ago.
Troubled milk processor Synlait Milk won’t find it easy to offload under-utilised South Island assets.
Milk processor Synlait’s half-year numbers paint a gloomy picture.
Meat processor and exporter Silver Fern Farms Ltd has joined fellow South Island-based meat company Alliance Group in reporting a big loss for the past year.
Are Chinese buyers returning to the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions?
Pig farmers say the idea that not every pork product sold in New Zealand has to be produced to this country’s own welfare standards is unfair.
DairyNZ board and leadership team were in Wellington late last month to relay what farmers see as priority areas for easing the regulatory burden on dairy farming.
Rural trader Farmlands has completed the final hurdle to purchase animal nutrition business Seales Winslow.
Red meat exports topped $932 million during February, with demand from the US helping to offset the weak Chinese market.
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Four talented chefs have been selected by Beef + Lamb New Zealand to serve as their next Ambassador Chefs.
A poor half-year financial result is forcing listed Canterbury milk processor Synlait to carry out “a strategic review” of its North Island assets, including its new plant at Pokeno and blending and canning facility in Auckland.
Federated Farmers claims that the Otago Regional Council is charging ahead unnecessarily with piling more regulation on rural communities.
Returning after an enforced break, the Wheat and Wheels Rally will take place on the Lauriston -Barhill Road, North-East of Ashburton on 6-7th April.
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