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A group of high school students have spent four days on a live-in event at Waikato University to learn more about career opportunities in agriculture.

Strong milk production in New Zealand is putting downward pressure on global dairy prices.

Farmers are in another profitable year, according to Rabobank’s annual Agribusiness Outlook.

Rural confidence has fallen for the third consecutive quarter.

Farmers are reported to have joined a Red Meat Profit Partnership (RMPP) Action Group at Rangiwahia to upskill the people in their businesses and boost their profitability.

Global dairy prices posted their second increase in a row.

With the lowering of the farmgate milk price comes the squeezing of margins.

The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) price index is at a two-year low, but there is some good news ahead, says Rabobank dairy analyst Emma Higgins.

The Global Dairy Trade had its eighth consecutive fall last week putting more downward pressure on Fonterra’s $6.75/kgMS milk price forecast, says BNZ senior economist Doug Steel.

Rabobank’s new horticulture and wine analyst believes there are a  number of opportunities ahead for the New Zealand wine industry.