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The Government has announced its intentions to amend the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (DIRA) to support Fonterra’s capital restructure.
DairyNZ says the decision to allow an extra 500 international workers to help on dairy farms will help with the present shortage - estimated to be 4,000 workers.
The three f's - namely fuel, fertiliser and feed prices - led the pack in double digit on-farm cost increases over the last year.
Graeme Coles claims he has developed a product that provides the first real step in practical on-farm greenhouse gas mitigation.
Wools of New Zealand (WNZ) is reporting more demand for wool carpets.
Former Federated Farmers national president Bruce Wills has been elected as the new chair of fertiliser co-operative Ravensdown.
Fast food chain McDonald's spent nearly $500 million on New Zealand agriculture products last year.
An extra 500 workers will certainly help but only if they get here in time.
Silver Fern Farms Pareora, near Timaru, heavily relies on its overseas workers - mainly from the Pacific Islands - to keep the meat processing plant operating.
Peter Andrew, director of AgFirst in Gisborne, says farmers are starting to put things back together following the recent storm that caused massive slips on hill country farms and damaged crops on the flats.
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Fonterra's planned capital restructure could see the co-operative's share price slump to $2/share - shaving $4 billion off the shareholders' balance sheet.
New Zealand's pig farmers say while they are committed to playing their part in reducing agricultural emissions, the current proposals for livestock emissions pricing are unfair to the sector.
Industry levy organisations Beef+Lamb NZ (BLNZ) and DairyNZ claim they've got a strong steer from the recently completed farmer consultation for a farm levy for pricing agricutural emissions.
The Omicron outbreak in China that sent 400 million residents into lockdown is behind the latest drop in dairy prices, analysts say.
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