RUC changes could boost farm profitability
Farmers are hoping the switch to electronic Road User Charges (RUC) licences will lead to a reduction in farm freight transport costs. Last week …
Archive for September, 2009
Agriculture off the hook for the ETS – for now
Farmers have won some valuable breathing space with the Govt’s decision to hold off on their inclusion in the Emissions Trading Scheme until 2015. …
NZ Road User Charges: RUC changes could boost farm profitability
Farmers are hoping the switch to electronic Road User Charges (RUC) licences will lead to a reduction in farm freight transport costs. Last week …
NZ Emissions Trading: Agriculture off the hook for the ETS – for now
Farmers have won some valuable breathing space with the Govt’s decision to hold off on their inclusion in the Emissions Trading Scheme until 2015. …
Dairy industry restructuring: Fonterra Details Future Financial Direction
Fonterra’s farmers will be allowed to hold shares up to 120% of their production under the co-operative’s proposal to strengthen its capital structure, giving …
Fonterra Details Future Financial Direction
Fonterra’s farmers will be allowed to hold shares up to 120% of their production under the co-operative’s proposal to strengthen its capital structure, giving …
Palm kernel imports under threat from Greens
Dairy farmers could potentially face higher supplementary feed costs as the pressure goes on the Govt to stop palm kernel imports. The Greens are …
Broadband breakthrough for rural New Zealand
FedFarmers believes its intensive work with the Govt is behind it announcing new targets for rural broadband at a cost of $300m which FedFarmers …
Fonterra looks to its farmers to fund growth
Fonterra’s biggest sales job may be in convincing its farmers to accept the implications of shutting the cooperative to outside equity interests – growth …
Bollard buys time as high kiwi hampers exports
FedFarmers didn’t get the interest rate cut it barracked for in the run up to this month’s central bank statement but Governor Alan Bollard …
Fonterra in ‘training’ for new corporate structure
It will be the biggest shake-up to the structure of the dairy industry since Fonterra was created in 2001. The co-operative is moving toward …
Colour focus aims to keep customers buying NZ lamb
AgResearch scientists are examining ways to maintain the desired shade of red in meat without compromising tenderness as consumers choose red meat primarily on …
UK rural property investors target NZ farms
A lack of faith in global banking and financial institutions is driving wealthy British farmers and institutional money managers to look at large scale …
Canterbury Water strategy will force change
The draft Canterbury Water Management Strategy is a bold effort to settle protracted disputes over how to allocate the region’s increasingly scarce water resource, …
Water Decisions Will Affect NZ Farming Growth
Herding cats up a hill is an over-used phrase. But former diplomat Alastair Bisley will have to bring all his skills to bear on …
