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Instant WMP stirs up GDT prices
Prices dropped for the fifth consecutive Global Dairy Trade auction this week, by 2.9% in aggregate but with widely differing components. Prices for grades of whole milk powder (WMP) both rose and fell while products with different contract periods (CP),…
Jersey heifer sets record $23,600
In-calf heifer Glanton Punch Bria ET has set a heifer price record for the Jersey breed of $23,600. The heifer bred by Rob and Alison Thwaites, Taranaki, from their prolific…
Processing season drags on
Covid-19, dry weather and shipping and labour issues have pushed the meat processing season out by up to three months longer than usual. The beef season looks most prolonged, with…
Farm loan options to grow your business
In the current farming climate, farmers and growers across the world are facing an onslaught of rising costs and regulations, which have been compounded by the ongoing Russian-Ukraine conflict, and…
NZD weakness lifts prices tide
New Zealand commodity prices in United States dollars have fallen 10% since their peak in March but in NZD terms…
New season’s milk price forecast expected to begin with $9
Dairy farmers will be very keen to see the first Fonterra forecast of the farm gate milk price for the…
Live export run abandoned
Hundreds of farmers and livestock companies are making plans to recover thousands of cattle from a pre-export isolation (PIE) farm…
Record profit for Anzco Foods
Anzco Foods has navigated a challenging year to deliver a record net profit before tax of $75 million for the…
Trade challenge launched over Canada dairy access
New Zealand has finally pulled the trigger on a legal challenge against Canada’s failure to uphold its end of the…
Strong wool shows some life
Crossbred wool is showing a little more spring in the market with stronger buying power finding buyers eager to get…
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