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Watch out for whiplash!
'El Nino has officially arrived.’
Farmer confidence hits a new record low
Rabobank's latest rural confidence survey shows a minus 72% confidence reading - eclipsing last June’s historic minus 57% - the lowest in the survey’s 20-year history.
Editorial: The rural doldrums
OPINION: One of the tasks of whatever new government emerges in the coming days and weeks will be to look and see what can be done to restore farmer confidence.
Farmer confidence hits new low
Concern over the outlook for commodity prices in the coming year coupled with rising on farm costs have pushed New Zealand farmer confidence to a new record low.
Returns hit a low
Rabobank's September agribusiness report shows farmgate price pressure is expected to remain, with weak fundamentals underpinning difficult trade conditions.
Are dairy prices moving from pain to gain?
A full rebalance of China’s dairy market is not expected in the near future, so dairy farmers in New Zealand and around the world will need to manage through more financial pain in the months ahead.
Riding the rollercoaster!
Dairy
Attention remains laser-focussed on both supply and demand from China.
More pain yet!
China's slower than expected recovery from Covid-19 and an oversupply of Australian sheep meat is causing problems for NZ sheep farmers.
Rays of hope 'some way off'
New Zealand dairy farmers are facing uncertain and complex times, says Rabobank’s senior agricultural analyst Emma Higgins.
