The Freshwater Farm Plan regime being rolled out from mid this year looks set to impose significant and unnecessary new obligations on farmers, Federated Farmers Arable Chairperson and environment spokesperson […]
Politics
Striving for certainty in a climate of change
By Damien O’Connor, Minister of Agriculture Certainty is a handy thing in business. Why? Because with certainty we know how to cut our cloth as we make decisions about the […]
Ag Under-Secretary determined to front foot the tough issues
If you’ve got a policy that some sectors of the electorate are going to rail against, get out and front foot it with them “and get a conversation going”. Jo […]
Economic Week – April 21
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy Inflation eases…but The annual rate of inflation was slipped back to 6.7% in the March 2023 quarter, according to Statistics NZ’s Consumer Price […]
Economic Week – April 14
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy Farmer confidence edges up Farmer confidence, which was down for the count in December, lifted from the canvas in Rabobank’s March quarter Rural […]
Economic Week – April 6
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy OCR shock On Wednesday the Reserve Bank fired its big guns and surprised virtually everyone with a 50-point increase in the Official Cash […]
Another $23 million for cyclone-hit farmers
The Government is providing a further $23 million to support farmers, growers, whenua Māori owners and rural communities as they recover from Cyclone Gabrielle. This extra money enables the government […]
Dip in red meat exports reflects challenging conditions
New Zealand’s red meat exports dropped by almost a fifth in February as global economic conditions deteriorated. New Zealand exported red meat products worth $885 million during February 2023, a […]
Economic Week – March 31
Sentiment unchanged Business confidence was unchanged in March, remaining deeply negative. ANZ’s monthly Business Outlook Survey found that a net 43% of respondents expected the economy to worsen over the […]
Kowbucha calf trials showing real promise
Kowbucha™, Fonterra’s methane-busting probiotic solution, could not only be a game changer for our farmers’ push to reduce emissions, but also a global commercial success story for the co-op. Fonterra […]