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23 posts
May 16, 2022
The ag sector’s budget 2022 wish list is for science
If increasing productivity is the name of the Government’s game, then the agriculture sector’s wish list for Budget…
May 16, 2022
Real action starts after 2025 for agriculture
The Government will pour a further $338.8 million over the next four years into new science and commercialisation…
May 12, 2022
NZ dairy farmer looks to head up world body
West Coast dairy farmer and former Federated Farmers president Katie Milne is making a bid to head up…
May 9, 2022
Frothy Fonterra milk prices start settling
Fonterra has lowered the amount it expects to pay farmer shareholders due to lockdowns in China, the economic crisis in Sri Lanka and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
April 29, 2022
Fonterra grappling with delays in China
Shanghai's port is operating around the clock to minimise disruptions Fonterra is grappling with the suspension of refrigerated container services and transportation disruptions, as China tries to stamp out the latest covid-19 outbreak – but the Kiwi dairy giant is still managing to get product into the world’s most populous nation.
April 27, 2022
Govt releases draft climate change adaptation plan
The Government is warning the public and businesses that it might take a new approach to property rights, as well as current models of insurance and risk-sharing when it comes to adapting society to climate change.
April 26, 2022
Small drinks firms upset over exempt milk
Not all are happy with dairy milk containers getting exemption.
Small drinks companies say carving out dairy milk products from a new container return scheme is “unfair and inequitable”.
April 22, 2022
Lowe to top up Blue Sky shareholders
Southern Lamb Investments shareholder Andrew Lowe said he didn’t breach the Takeovers Code when he bought shares in Blue Sky Meats prior to a $34.6 million takeover offer but has agreed to pay the difference in price.
April 8, 2022
Drylandcarbon pushes for a 50-year forestry rotation
A 50-year rotation for exotic forestry can make a material difference to New Zealand reaching its net-zero target by 2050.
April 5, 2022
Blue Sky Meat takeover goes unconditional
Blue Sky Meat’s largest shareholder won’t sell to an undervalued offer from Southern Lamb Investments, which has all but sewn up control of the Invercargill meat company.