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Farmers and industry doing their best despite multiple challenges

Sam McIvor says one of the challenges posed by the logistics problems is having product in market for special occasions – such as cultural festivals.

Beef+Lamb NZ chief executive Sam McIvor says the word he's getting from the meat exporters is that one of their most time consuming tasks is logistics.

Zespri to try China trial again

Carol Ward says Zespri is concerned at the level of spread of unauthorised Gold 3 in China.

Next month, New Zealand kiwifruit growers will get a chance to say yes or no to a Zespri proposal for one-year trial to grow SunGold kiwifruit in China.

Meat industry's logistical nightmare

NZ’s meat exporters are caught up in a global problem around the availability of containers and disrupted shipping schedules.

Many of the country’s meat coolstores are either packed to capacity or nearing full capacity due to the shortage of containers.

Stock cut as dry bites

Hamish Craw says his Banks Peninsula farm has now been in moisture deficit for more than 16 months.

Hamish Craw's farm on the rugged north-east slopes of Banks Peninsula normally carries 3,500 stock units, but it is now down to fewer than 2,000 as the district’s worst drought in decades continues to bite.

Farmers urged to act

Banks Peninsula, like many parts of the South Island, is experiencing the dry and now is crunch time – heading into winter – with the decisions farmers have to make getting harder.

As the autumn dry begins to really bite along most of the South Island’s east coast, farmers are being urged to act now to mitigate the impacts heading into winter.

Marlborough burns

Destocking may seem like the best option for some Marlborough farmers, says farmer Warwick Lissaman.

Seddon farmer and Marlborough drought committee member Warwick Lissaman says total destocking and going fishing may seem like the best option for some of Marlborough’s drought-hit farmers.