Trends

Summer is being pretty good to us, Phil Duncan says.

Food trend experts predict a range of products about to have an international culinary moment.

With plenty of positivity around, top quality cattle were rewarded with premiums in the year’s first sales.

Prices for some sheep classes are behind last year but are still higher than expected.

Forecaster gives current event six or seven out of 10 on seriousness scale.

Farmers up and down the islands are enjoying one of the best seasons in a while – but still keeping an eye out for dry.

Cameron Bagrie weighs in on the new year’s outlook and the top issue facing the nation.

Average dairy co-op payout for Fonterra and Tatua farmers right up there with the best.

Government policy a key reason for optimism among producers, Rabobank survey finds.

There is no doubt that ALL forecasters got the eastern North Island’s outlook wrong, says Phil Duncan.

Half a million more on NZ paddocks after helpful autumn and spring.

Good news from the co-op caps a festive set of first-quarter results.

Not even a healthy rise in sheepmeat export volumes could save returns.

Ag Symposium hears from sector players who have experienced the ups and downs of the market.

A good growing season brought a bigger supply of lambs, and they drew the crowds to farms on the mainland.

Revised forecast milk price aims to provide reassurance to farmer suppliers.

Top brass bring the bad news to scores of suppliers in Gore meeting.

Contrasting fortunes for northern and southern hemispheres.

Market recovers, with chilled segment holding up in Europe.

Recent economic data has been more positive than expected so this may translate into higher demand over time.

Phil Duncan’s Spidey senses have been warning him about the drier pattern that is now emerging.

Processing ramps up in response to worsening dry conditions.

Contrast in immediate prospects as market leaders give their 2024 guidance updates.

You don’t have to go far to find a disgruntled sheep farmer, but it may help to remember that we are in the part of the pricing cycle that no one likes, Mel Croad says.

Company advises suppliers of significant drop in lamb outlook.

Growers worried as wholesale prices show unseasonal early slump.

More high pressure will encourage more westerlies over NZ, says Phil Duncan.

Those who stuck it out against the odds have scored a small and well-deserved win at the saleyards

One bright spot is that sector is better at paying its bills on time.

Schedule prices hit 2017 levels after falling earlier and further than expected.

Plenty of options for buyers, but signals beyond the farmgate have them feeling cautious.

Drop in exports reflects both last September’s surge and tougher conditions in many key markets now.

Summer 2023/24 will be running hot and cold, with widely divergent conditions over the North and South Islands.

The peak of the S&P/NZX Primary Sector Index was in late 2018 and in the five years since the index number has halved.

Deep cuts are being inflicted on the industry at home and abroad, writes AgriHQ analyst Reece Brick.

New entrants a highlight amid softer prices in a challenging market.