Alliance director Dawn Sangster in June and July spent five weeks visiting key markets and customers for NZ meat:  USA, UK, China, Europe, Singapore and Indonesia. She’s now relaying her findings at meetings across New Zealand. Andrew Swallow reports.

FEEDING American dried distillers grains is unlikely to cause problems with China, say agribusiness specialists.

HIGH COMMODITY prices doubled the annual profit of corporate farmer Rural Equities Ltd in the last financial year.

RURAL CONTRACTORS New Zealand is questioning the high cost of machinery and parts charged contractors and farmers.

FIVE MORE farms, a total of 347, sold in the three months to September, 2014 as compared to the same three month period last year.

WITH TALK now turning to reform of the Resource Management Act, like clockwork an opinion article appeared in the Dominion Post: “Dairying muddies NZ’s thinking”. 

RURAL CONTRACTORS New Zealand is questioning the high cost of machinery and parts that contractors and farmers are currently paying.

By Rick Powdrell is Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre chairperson

With the payout for the season looking likely to be below the six dollar mark, many dairy farmers need to be concerned. Six dollars was probably ok for many, but any less will see the hair going greyer and the worry beads being fingered.

Farmers are backing Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler's comments that the high New Zealand dollar is unjustified and unsustainable.