Plant-based bubble bursts
OPINION: Talking about plant-based food: “Chicken-free chicken” start-up Sunfed has had its valuation slashed to zero by major investor Blackbird…
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Wednesday, 26 July 2023 07:55
Don't reduce stock, just farm smarter
Twenty-three years on from founding the iconic company Herd Homes, Whangarei farmer Tom Pow still strongly believes that farming smarter rather than reducing stock numbers is New Zealand's answer to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Monday, 08 June 2015 16:25
Be more than just average statistics
Averages are a great mathematical tool and brilliant for hiding poorer performing results because they get dragged up by higher results.
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Friday, 01 May 2015 11:49
Cow shelters help return on capital despite low payout
Last year's drought and this season’s low milk payout haven’t changed anything on Rex Butterworth’s dairy farm in Waikato.
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Poor investments backfire
OPINION: Synlait's financial woes won’t be going away anytime soon.
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