Pāmu and Meet the Need Launch Mince Recipe Cards for Food Banks
A partnership between state-owned enterprise Pāmu (Landcorp Farming Limited) and charity Meet the Need is putting more than quality New Zealand beef into food bank parcels this year.
State-owned Landcorp Faming Limited (Pamu) is expecting a $14 million boost in full-year revenues on the back of higher-than-expected milk and meat prices.
The country’s largest farmer says allocation of additional carbon units (NZU) following the five yearly audit by MPI of the company’s forestry assets will also help lift earnings.
The company says its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortisation and revaluations (EBITDAR) forecast for the 2017-18 financial year will be between $47 - $52 million, up from the previous advice at the time it released its half-year result (between $33 and $38 million).
Landcorp chief executive Steven Carden says it is pleasing “that we are likely to produce a better than forecast full year result”.
“The company has had a real focus on controlling costs and maximising on farm returns, while not compromising our commitment to excellent land and animal management.
“This reforecast is particularly pleasing in what has been a challenging year from a climatic perspective.”
Carden says the company will announce its audited full year result in late August.
LIC shareholders have elected a new North Island representative to the co-operative's Board, along with five representatives to its Shareholder Reference Group (SRG), following the company's Annual Meeting held in Invercargill.
Farmers across parts of Southland and South Otago are continuing to deal with difficult conditions after a prolonged run of wet weather, with pressure building around feed supply, stock management, pasture damage, farm infrastructure and everyday workloads.
Federated Farmers says it welcomes Labour's commitment to reviewing the Sharemilking Agreements Act, calling on other major parties to do the same.
For Canterbury dairy farmers Sian Meijer and Rick Wobben, wearable technology has become one of their most valuable on-farm tools - helping manage 1850 cows across an expansive, high-performing dairy operation while improving efficiency, mating outcomes and day-to-day decision making.
Fonterra has unveiled its annual results for the 2026 financial year, posting $27 billion in revenue and close to $20 billion returned to New Zealand farmer owners and unit holders.
The first major update to the Dairy Cattle Code of Welfare in more than a decade has been released, marking what DairyNZ describes as an important step in ensuring animal welfare standards continue to evolve alongside scientific evidence and on-farm realities.