Synlait shares in trading halt
Listed Canterbury milk processor Synlait’s shares have been placed in a trading halt.
OPINION: The misery of a2 milk is being passed onto its New Zealand partners, including Canterbury processor Synlait.
The majority Chinese-owned processor has been forced to withdraw its full-year 2021 performance guidance because of significant uncertainty and volatility within its business.
It says the move was prompted by problems with its major customer, a2 Milk Company, which is reeling from a slump in sales of infant formula to China.
Add to that shipping delays and lower infant formula production, and Synlait finds itself in unchartered waters.
The company will announce its half-year results this month.
Analysis by Dunedin-based Techion New Zealand shows the cost of undetected drench resistance in sheep has exploded to an estimated $98 million a year.
Shipping disruption caused by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea has so far not impacted fertiliser prices or supply on farm.
The opportunity to spend more time on farm while providing a dedicated service for shareholders attracted new environmental manager Ben Howden to work for Waimakariri Irrigation Limited (WIL).
Federated Farmers claims that the Otago Regional Council is charging ahead unnecessarily with piling more regulation on rural communities.
Dairy sheep and goat farmers are being told to reduce milk supply as processors face a slump in global demand for their products.
OPINION: We have good friends from way back who had lived in one of our major cities for many years.