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Red tape swamping farmers

Farmers are being overwhelmed by pressure to comply with new regulations.

Some of the 21,000 apple trees and plant material involved in the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) biosecurity action are very important to the industry, says Alan Pollard, Pipfruit NZ chief executive officer.

A safe pair of hands for Fonterra

Fonterra’s new chairman John Monaghan is a safe pair of hands for the job, says Federated Farmers Waikato president Andrew McGiven.

Laggards must go from meat industry

The meat industry has some great exemplars but still too many laggards, says the Minister for Primary Industry, Damien O’Connor.

Here for ‘years’?

Has Mycoplasma bovis been here all along?

Concerns have been raised that Mycoplasma bovis may have been in New Zealand at least five or six years before the currently accepted date of discovery.

PGW offloads seeds business

PGG Wrightson is offloading its seeds business to a Danish company for $421 million.

PGG Wrightson (PGW) is offloading its seeds business to a Danish company for $421 million.

Beef herd growing, sheep flock decline slows

NZ’s beef cattle numbers are up 1.9% over the past year.

Some positive news for the red meat sector; NZ’s beef cattle herd is growing and the decline in the sheep flock has slowed, according to Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ)

Sustainability crucial in Chinese food choices

New Zealand’s horticultural sector will need to keep a close eye on the role sustainability attributes play in the purchasing decisions of Chinese consumers.

Rabobank’s executive appointment

Rabobank New Zealand has appointed Karin van Selm as group executive, wholesale banking.

Poor economic outlook sour note in farmer survey

Pessimism about the economic outlook is a sour note among the otherwise generally positive indicators in the Federated Farmers July Farm Confidence Survey.