Takeover bid?
OPINION: Canterbury milk processor Synlait is showing no sign of bouncing back from its financial doldrums.
OPINION: Westpac is the latest bank to tell its farmer clients to meet the climate targets it has set.
The bank has set a target of lowering emissions per unit of meat or milk by 9% across its sheep and beef lending and 10% for dairy.
The bank has used the same intensity-style target Fonterra used to set its Scope three emissions target. Buit Westpac hasn’t set an outright reduction goal, saying it wanted to work with farmers on improving practices.
Fonterra warned farmers that banks were also linking loans to emissions profiles of farms.
The legacy of Dr Peter Snow continues to inspire as the recipients of the 2023 and 2024 Peter Snow Memorial Awards were announced at the recent National Rural Health Conference.
One of Fonterra’s global customers, Mars is launching an ambitious sustainable dairy plan to work with dairy farmers and cut emissions by 50%.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief executive for the past eight years, Sam McIvor is heading for new pastures at Ospri, which runs NZ’s integrated animal disease management and traceability service.
The world's largest wool scouring facility, WoolWorks Awatoto plant in Napier, is back operating at full capacity.
A year on and the problems created by Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle has largely dropped off the radar of media and politicians.
Feeling forgotten and in a fragile space financially and mentally.