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Last week's GlobalDairyTrade result indicates China is back in the market and New Zealand supply is tightening, says Doug Steel, BNZ senior economist.
Alliance Group has signed an agreement with Grand Farm in China as the companies seek to boost cooperation and brand development.
Two formal arrangements signed in China mark a significant step forward in the supply of New Zealand halal meat to China and ongoing agricultural cooperation.
Fresh milk opportunities in China should be explored among consumers there concerned about the quality of their water, says an agricultural expert.
The president of Shanghai Pengxin Investments in New Zealand, Terry Lee, says the company's future investment in the NZ dairy industry is being thwarted.
No amount of noise from farmer ginger groups will bring change in the meat industry if the company boards choose not to adopt the measures they are calling for.
Landcorp will conclude its sharemilking contract with Shanghai Pengxin Group at the end of May 2017.
The world economy has veered into difficult and dangerous waters, suggesting 2016 will be a long hard year of slow recovery in prices in global food commodity markets, including dairy.
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