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MP promises to ACT on farmers' behalf

ACT agriculture spokesman Mark Cameron believes the farming community has been let down over the years by both Labour and National.

Farmers aren't being acknowledged by the Government on their work done on sustainability and ACT MP Mark Cameron wants to change that over the next three years.

NZ welcomes UK but must 'walk the talk'

DCANZ chair Malcolm Bailey welcomes the intent of the UK to join the CPTPP, but wants the New Zealand Government to send a strong message to the UK about how it must honour its commitment to global trade.

The UK has been warned that it must prove its trade credentials if it wants to be a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Capital restructure raises questions

Former Shareholders Council chair Simon Couper says "strategy needs to come before structure".

A former Fonterra leader says the co-operative must finalise its strategy before reviewing capital structure.

Move to mitigate illegal kiwifruit growing in China

Zespri is concerned at the level of unauthorised Gold 3 kiwifruit being grown in China.

Zespri is reworking a proposal to seek approval from growers to conduct a trial to grow Zespri Gold 3 in China.

Innovate or risk losing

Waikato dairy farmer George Moss says NZ's dairy industry must keep innovating or risk losing the mantle of being the world's most efficient.

Waikato dairy farmer George Moss says New Zealand’s dairy industry must keep innovating or risk losing the mantle of being the world’s most emissions efficient.

Up, up and away

ASB senior economist Chris Tennent-Brown.

Don't rule out another lift in Fonterra’s milk price with global dairy prices on a roll, say commentators.

The stock numbers saga

One issue that has been picked out of the Climate Change Commission report is a reference to reducing stock numbers by 15%.

More science and technology, more trees and fewer livestock is the prescription that the Climate Change Commission has offered up in its draft report on how to reduce greenhouse gases in the agriculture sector.

Food prices rise sharply in January

The FAO Food Price Index shows a 6.8% rise in the price of wheat.

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 113.3 points, rising 4.3% to reach its highest level since July 2014.

Red meat exports reached historic high in 2020

The New Zealand red meat sector exported $9.2 billion worth of products during 2020, an increase of 1% on the previous year, according to an analysis by the Meat Industry Association (MIA).