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Some pockets of price improvements

BNZ senior economist Doug Steel.

Farmgate dairy and beef prices are improving but lamb prices remain weak, according to the latest BNZ Rural Wrap.

A light at the end of the tunnel?

John Roche says while things have improved, the primary sector is by no means out of the woods yet with farmers and growers still doing it tough.

The country's farmers appear to be a little more upbeat than they were several months ago.

Asset sale 'won't be easy'

Synlait may find it difficult to offload its South Island assets.

Troubled milk processor Synlait Milk won’t find it easy to offload under-utilised South Island assets.

Synlait's half-year result paints a gloomy picture

Synlait chief executive Grant Watson says the company needs to reduce capacity and use money from divestments to reduce debt.

Milk processor Synlait’s half-year numbers paint a gloomy picture.

SFF joins the slaughter

Silver Fern Farms has reported a significant loss for the past year.

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.

Is a China comeback on?

China, the world’s biggest dairy importer and Fonterra’s largest market for whole milk powder, has largely been absent as their domestic economic outlook remains weak following Covid lockdowns.

Are Chinese buyers returning to the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions?

Import rules a pig's ear

A recent report argues New Zealand needs to apply its animal welfare standards to imports.

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 relays regulatory concerns to the Beehive

DairyNZ chief executive Campbell Parker.

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.

Farmlands gets green light to buy SealesWinslow

The Commerce Commission approved the purchase today.

Rural trader Farmlands has completed the final hurdle to purchase animal nutrition business Seales Winslow.

US helps offset weak Chinese market

Red meat exports topped $932 million during February.

Red meat exports topped $932 million during February, with demand from the US helping to offset the weak Chinese market.

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