OPINION: Federated Farmers is pleased that a Member's Bill from ACT MP Mark Cameron has put opportunities for live animal exports back on the political agenda.

A case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Brazil has resulted in temporary export suspensions from that country - as well as renewed international calls for increased transparency.

There are signs that the Chinese economy is rebounding after Covid-19, but dairy farmers may need to wait a little longer to reap the full benefits from their biggest market.

OPINION: It's the season of Government u-turns on key policies and farmers are hoping it will extend to the ban on live cattle exports.

While the outlook for global sheepmeat and beef trade is improving, Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) says it expects farmer profitability to fall sharply due to reduced livestock prices and continued high inflation.

Scales Corp says it is still appraising the impact of Cyclone Gabrielle on the horticultural side of its business.

Dairy Commodity markets have traversed softer ground for 2023, and this is now reflected in Fonterra’s new forecast farmgate midpoint of NZ$ 8.50/kgMS.

With less than three months left in the 2022-23 season, the window for farmgate milk prices to lift is closing.

While Chinese motor vehicle brands are becoming more commonplace on the roads of New Zealand, the same couldn’t be said about Chinese quad bike and side by sides on farms, as many have struggled to beat the stranglehold of the big Japanese brands.

Over 50,000 metric tonnes of pork was imported into New Zealand last year, most of which came from countries that allow pig farming practices that are illegal in New Zealand, claims NZPork.