Rabobank's latest rural confidence survey shows a minus 72% confidence reading - eclipsing last June’s historic minus 57% - the lowest in the survey’s 20-year history.

A recently formed pressure group is upping its campaign against any implementation of a methane tax.

OPINION: One of the tasks of whatever new government emerges in the coming days and weeks will be to look and see what can be done to restore farmer confidence.

OPINION: The French Government is buckling under the pressure of rising inflation.

Concern over the outlook for commodity prices in the coming year coupled with rising on farm costs have pushed New Zealand farmer confidence to a new record low.

Rabobank's September agribusiness report shows farmgate price pressure is expected to remain, with weak fundamentals underpinning difficult trade conditions.

Other countries competing against New Zealand in China is being cited as one of the reasons for the pressure our red meat sector is currently facing.

There are no quick fixes and times are going to be tough.

New analysis from the Meat Industry Association (MIA) reveals a New Zealand red meat sector under pressure from global market challenges.

Dairy Attention remains laser-focussed on both supply and demand from China.