Budget
Business left with Budget ‘crusts’
Head of EMA bemoans lack of economic transformation in ‘recovery’ Budget.
Feds takes aim at ‘absolutely nothing’ Budget
Disappointing to see govt not tightening belts as farmers are having to do, Langford says.
Rural roads, schools get Budget boost
Funds also earmarked to bring more electric vehicle charging stations to remoter areas.
Time to rework the dairy farm budget?
The NZAB analytics platform shows that cash is disappearing in dairy farm accounts.
Farm expenses keep lifting, especially for dairy
Fuel, fertiliser and interest rates were the largest contributors to increased costs for dairy farms.
Better get used to rising interest rates
Can we get the inflation thief back in jail?
Poring over the paperwork to find savings
The key to managing the squeezed margin between the milk price and cost of production is to be realistic with proposed cuts.
Power prices set to surge for farmers
No easing on cost forecast until 2025.
Power cost sparks solar option
Oxford farmer opts for renewable source, but warns farms to look before they leap into solar.
Wary eye on prices as farmers chase efficiencies
‘Quite a bit of concern’ about input prices, say industry leaders.
Costs start to erode debt payment gains
Four years of thrift under siege as prices soar by up to a third.
Costs put the squeeze on dairy
Farmers hone operations as bills rise and milk price falls.
Squeeze on margins hits home
Farmers need to future-proof their businesses to manage ‘new normal’
Farm cost hikes may be easing
But that’s relative to record cost inflation – and costs will only grow in coming years, say economists.
New contractor-farmer accord ready in time for spring sowing
Rural contractors urged to charge realistic – and higher – prices to buffer against input cost volatility.
Capping ‘three Fs’ key for dairying
The world is facing a food crisis, but how can New Zealand farmers help? Rising costs mean producers here are struggling to maintain margins and production. Over the next few days, Farmers Weekly will cover key challenges within the primary sector and how some are navigating it.
Reassessing the farm budget as costs rise
The world is facing a food crisis, but how can New Zealand farmers help? Rising costs mean producers here are struggling to maintain margins and production. Over the next few days, Farmers Weekly will cover key challenges within the primary sector and how some are navigating it.
Full impact of costs yet to hit farming
The world is facing a food crisis, but how can New Zealand farmers help? Rising costs mean producers here are struggling to maintain margins and production. Over the next few days, Farmers Weekly will cover key challenges within the primary sector and how some are navigating it.
No end in sight for rising costs
IT APPEARS we have not seen the end of inflation, which has just hit a 30-year high.
Ballance lifts fertiliser prices
High global demand and constrained supply of fertiliser has seen Ballance Agri-Nutrients lift its urea price from $1190 to $1440 a tonne.
Galloping on-farm inflation
Input prices for producers increased by 7% in the 12 months to the end of September, Statistics New Zealand has reported.