New Broom
OPINION: The old saying 'a new broom sweeps clean' doesn't always hold up, if you ask the Hound.
To ensure farmers have easy access to the information around informed plant genetics selections, the New Zealand Plant Breeders Research Association (PBRA) has relaunched its website.
A question many strong wool growers have heard is why, for all its strengths and the push for wool products, is wool considered almost worthless? There is one big flaw in that question: wool isn’t almost worthless, it is an active drain on farmers’ businesses. Leo Argent looks at how the strong wool industry came to be where it is today and whether it can make a comeback.
OPINION: For my column this time, I planned to write about the weather event that hit us the night of February 1.
OPINION: As the initial shock of the devastation to large parts of the rural landscape in the North Island by Cyclone Gabrielle eases, attention now turns to the recovery and rebuild.
Dairy
Commodity markets start the new year on softer ground and with a weaker tone to linger into New Zealand’s new season. Commodity prices have been losing momentum since the midpoint of 2022.
A new report by Rabobank suggests that 2023 will prove to be an uphill climb for New Zealand agriculture, with the difficulty of the climb hinging on four main ‘wildcard’ factors.
The A2 Milk Company (a2MC) says returning its Southland-based Mataura Valley Milk (MVM) plant to profitability remains a key strategic focus.
Britain's High Commissioner to NZ Iona Thomas says there’s a heightened awareness by UK consumers about the food they buy.
The 2023 kiwifruit harvest season has kicked off with growers bracing for lower yield and poor quality fruit.
Beef+Lamb NZ chair Andrew Morrison knows he is in for a fight to hold onto to his seat in the upcoming director elections.
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Rural supply and services company PGG Wrightson has announced reduced profits for the first half of the financial year, largely because of increased operating costs and a tough climate for rural real estate.
"It's all about clawing our way back from a pretty ugly position of a week ago.”
The Government isn’t ruling out amending the Resource Management Act (RMA) and cutting out red tape for urgent repairs on floodravaged farms.
Around 35% of the apple crop in Hawkes Bay could be lost as a result of Cyclone Gabrielle.
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