Displaying items by tag: CORONAVIRUS

Tuesday, 17 March 2020 09:19

National Fieldays postponed due to Covid-19

New Zealand’s largest agriculture event has been postponed.

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The country's second-largest dairy processor says its supply chain is being managed tightly around the Covid-19 outbreak.

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Tuesday, 17 March 2020 07:55

$1.3b coronavirus hit looming

Covid-19 is forecast to strip more than $1.3 billion dollars off New Zealand’s primary exports in the coming year, including $390 million off dairy exports.

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Monday, 16 March 2020 11:49

NZ AgriFood Week postponed

The New Zealand AgriFood Week is the latest agribusiness event to fall victim to coronavirus.

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Federated Farmers is calling for the government to defer a wide range of policy and regulatory impositions to protect workers and businesses during the Covid-19 outbreak.

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Tuesday, 10 March 2020 12:00

Fonterra remains confident in forecast

Unlike some other exporters, Fonterra’s scheduling, logistics and delivery activities to all markets are largely operating as normal, the cooperative says.

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Tuesday, 10 March 2020 11:57

Bigger impact than first expected

Former special agricultural trade envoy Mike Petersen says it will probably take months for supply chains to and in China to clear in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

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Tuesday, 10 March 2020 11:36

Coronavirus impact on dairy ‘moderate’

The coronavirus has only had a moderate impact on dairy prices so far, according to Westpac head of strategy Imre Speizer.

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Despite global market instability due to coronavirus, January’s meat exports increased by 26% compared to January 2019.

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Friday, 06 March 2020 12:01

Dog tests positive for coronavirus

A dog has tested positive for Covid-19 in Hong Kong, but experts say people should not panic about animal to human transmission.

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