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Strong demand drives positivity

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Final GDT a fizzer

Westpac senior agri economist Nathan Penny says the result reaffirms the bank’s final milk price forecast of $8.30/kgMS for this season.

With just a week left in the 2022-23 season, economists agree that a final milk price around $8.30/kgMS is all but locked in.

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Infant formula 'doomed'!

New Zealand infant formula exports to China topped nearly $1 billion in 2021, according to the Ministry for Primary Industries.

The once-lucrative Chinese infant formula market is shrinking.

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NZ Avocado boss to step down

NZ Avocado Growers Association chief executive Jen Scoular will step down in August after serving 12 years in the role.

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FTA a milestone for exporters

DCANZ executive director Kimberly Crewther says eliminating tariffs will give UK dairy customers and consumers an equal opportunity to choose high-quality NZ dairy products.

The Executive Director of Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ), Kimberly Crewther has described the NZ/UK free trade deal (FTA) as a milestone for the industry.

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Apple export quantities down

Total exports of apples from the port of Napier in March 2023 were valued at $61 million, 2% up from March last year, according to data released by Stats NZ.

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Farmer and grower confidence slowly rises from the depths

Rabobank New Zealand chief executive Todd Charteris says while sector confidence was still very low, it was pleasing to see it improving and added that strong demand for fruit and vegetables in domestic and international markets have helped to hold up prices.

Rabobank's latest Rural Confidence survey has found that while farmers' sentiments are still in deeply negative territory, they have crept up from historic lows in late 2022.

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FAO Food Price Index increases for first time in a year

The FAO Meat Price Index rose 1.3% during the month.

The benchmark index of international food commodity prices rose in April for the first time in a year, amid increases in world quotations for sugar, meat and rice, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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Emissions offsetting through forestry at odds with rest of the world

Beef + Lamb NZ chief executive Sam McIvor says using forestry to offset fossil fuel emissions is a short-term fix creating long-term problems.

New research has found New Zealand’s policy of allowing fossil fuel emitters to offset all their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by planting trees is at odds with the rest of the world, and it’s having a damaging impact on the agricultural sector and rural communities.

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