The future of New Zealand’s primary export sector will depend on its ability to respond to an evolving trading environment.

Fonterra farmer shareholders will this week receive voting papers for the 2018 director election.

Zespri chairman Peter McBride says he has highly transferable and unique skills and experience to bring to the Fonterra board table.

Fonterra board member Ashley Waugh is in a unique position going into this year’s Fonterra director elections in which three seats are being vacated.

New Zealand’s primary industry export revenue is forecast to reach $43.8 billion for the year to June 2019, an increase of 2.5% from 2018.

The bad years are over for Westland Milk Products.

New Zealand’s red meat exports reached $6.7 billion in 2017-18.

Fonterra is dropping its 2018-19 forecast payout by up to 50c/kgMS.

Stimulated by Fonterra posting a loss of $196 million, business analysts, academics and journalists have put forward their views on what is wrong with the cooperative and what is needed to sort it out. 

The Irish sure know how to throw a good party, as experienced last month at the National Ploughing Association event at Screggan, County Offaly, Ireland.