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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.
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.
The horticulture sector's worker shortage is Government-made, according to leading Hawke's Bay orchardist Paul Paynter.
Horticulture NZ's chair is genuinely concerned about the wellbeing of growers with confidence at rock bottom.
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Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) says it is delighted to see a focus on women’s health in New Zealand.
$115.4 million is urgently needed to prevent further deterioration of the food insecurity situation and worsening of the disruption of food supply chains in Ukraine, says the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Wools of New Zealand is reporting more demand for wool carpets with a 50% rise in wool sales through its retailers.
Federated Farmers says the Productivity Commission’s recent recommendations on genetic engineering could provide the answer to greenhouse gas emissions.
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