Why?
OPINION: A mate of yours truly wants to know why the beef schedule differential is now more than 45-50 cents…
It is predicted that the monthly Food Price Index due to be released next week will show an easing in vegetable prices, with industry insiders saying the trend is set to continue as we head into winter.
It's a simple equation: If Auckland spreads its housing into our fruit and vegetable production land - we all pay more for food.
Food prices fell 0.8% in the November month as vegetable prices continued to fall, Statistics New Zealand says.
A year-long Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) study looking at chemical residues in fresh, unwashed produce indicates New Zealand growers are largely following good agricultural practice (GAP) in how they use chemicals.
The 3.1% increase in fruit and vegetable exports in 2011 is a great result given the negative impacts of a 6.5% rise in the value of the New Zealand dollar and difficult market conditions in the same period.
A LEADING economist is predicting the New Zealand dollar to drop buffering farmers from lower commodity prices in the coming year.
OPINION: A mate of yours truly wants to know why the beef schedule differential is now more than 45-50 cents…
OPINION: Your canine crusader understands that MPI were recently in front of the Parliamentary Primary Sector Select Committee for an…