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Outlook better than what farmers feel
The dairy outlook is more rosy and positive than New Zealand producers may have been feeling about it, says US Rabobank global dairy strategist Mary Ledman.
Opening the agri sector to senior students
A group of high school students have spent four days on a live-in event at Waikato University to learn more about career opportunities in agriculture.
More milk means lower prices
Strong milk production in New Zealand is putting downward pressure on global dairy prices.
Another profitable year beckons for farmers — report
Farmers are in another profitable year, according to Rabobank’s annual Agribusiness Outlook.
Farmer confidence slips further
Rural confidence has fallen for the third consecutive quarter.
Ideas coming thick and fast at RMPP Action Network
Farmers are reported to have joined a Red Meat Profit Partnership (RMPP) Action Group at Rangiwahia to upskill the people in their businesses and boost their profitability.
Bank lowers forecast despite GDT price rises
Global dairy prices posted their second increase in a row.
Margins under squeeze
With the lowering of the farmgate milk price comes the squeezing of margins.
Some good news ahead on GDT
The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) price index is at a two-year low, but there is some good news ahead, says Rabobank dairy analyst Emma Higgins.
Price slump pressures $6.75 payout
The Global Dairy Trade had its eighth consecutive fall last week putting more downward pressure on Fonterra’s $6.75/kgMS milk price forecast, says BNZ senior economist Doug Steel.