Daily Digest: July 20, 2020
Butt out and benefit, Kiwis told
Who’d be a politician or a diplomat these days. At least the latter are used to being diplomatic but the former aren’t.
DailyDigest: July 17, 2020
Oh dear. There’s a fair bit of whinging going on that the wool report didn’t produce a magic bullet to solve the industry’s slump.
Daily Digest: July 16, 2020
Wow. First Rob Hewett did it and now Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor did it.
Daily Digest: July 15, 2020
Fonterra plays pass the parcel
Hmmm. I have doubts about Fonterra’s ploy of selling carbon-zero milk.
Daily Digest: July 13, 2020
Kiwi farmers have often felt got at and isolated when confronted by issues beyond their control and a feeling the pressures on them come from unrealistic expectations generated by urban people influencing politicians.
Things not as bad as feared
Dairy farmers can’t yet breathe of sigh of relief but they can stop holding their breath.
The air is now clearing on what post-covid markets look like and the picture isn’t as bad as many feared.
We’re counting on farmers
The world won’t end
Don't panic.
It’s not the end of the world yet.
I know coronavirus has much of the world in a tizzy while farmers here are wondering how they are going to get through the drought while trying to get out of the headlights of the oncoming juggernaut of environmental compliance.
Remember, things are rarely as bad as you fear they will be.
Trade deal blocks Kiwi cheeses
Some New Zealand cheese exports to China have been put at risk in a trade deal between the European Union and China, Dairy Companies Association executive director Kimberly Crewther says.
Fonterra boosts milk price to $11 billion
Fonterra has raised its farmgate milk price range by 25 cents and narrowed it to $7 to $7.60 a kilogram of milksolids, boosting rural farmers’ incomes to $11 billion.