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China's economic woes hit milk price

Last week’s Global Dairy Trade saw sizeable drops in prices across all products available on the auction platform.

China's weak economic activity is weighing in on global dairy prices.

Frost bites kiwifruit yield

Zespri acting chair Paul Jones says the frost comes after what has been a challenging year for the industry.

A major frost event which hit kiwifruit orchards in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions earlier this month is estimated to cause production losses of up to 25% this season.

Confusion and outright anger reign across rural New Zealand as farmers and communities try to get to the bottom of the Labour Government’s proposal to effectively make a large number of sheep and beef farmers unprofitable in its quest to get them to pay for their agricultural emissions.

GHG emissions up 1.7%

While greenhouse gas emissions are up, according to the latest statistics, agriculture, forestry and fishery saw a significant decrease in emissions.

As farmers and tractors took to New Zealand’s motorways, towns and cities to protest the pricing of agricultural emissions, Stats NZ released the country’s quarterly greenhouse gas emissions figures.

Farmers, rural professionals turn out to protest

Farmers and rural dwellers turned out for Groundswell’s protest in Waikato yesterday.

Fonterra unhappy with Govt's emission proposal

Fonterra says it has reservations regarding the Government's consultation document on agricultural emissions.

Fonterra says it has some reservations about the Government’s consultation document on agricultural emissions.

Groundswell protesters hit Auckland

Scotty Bright talks to the crowd at the Groundswell Protest in Auckland Domain.

About 500 Groundswell supporters gathered at Auckland’s Domain today demanding the Government remove the proposed tax on agricultural emissions.

'Farmers right to be angry' - Cameron

Scenes from Groundswell's 2021 'Howl of a Protest'.

ACT Party primary industries spokesperson Mark Cameron says farmers are right to be angry over the Government’s emissions pricing plan.

Feds urge core infrastructure focus this Council triennium

Federated Farmers local government spokesperson Sandra Faulkner.

Now local council elections have come to a close, with the last of the successful candidates announced late last week, Federated Farmers is urging councils up and down the country to focus on rates bills this term.