Merino growers met last year in the wake of the rejection of Meat & Wool NZ’s wool levy to consider a separate impost for fine wools. While they opted not to roll out a new levy, work has continued behind the scenes to find a way to ensure the fine wool industry has the support […]
Close observers of the water policy reform process are deeply concerned the Mackenzie Basin intensive farming proposal could derail the wider intentions of the reform package. All over NZ, and particularly in Canterbury, the pressure is on to raise the amount of water taken for irrigation and other uses, to improve the efficiency of its […]
Agricultural lender Rabobank is warning the sudden drop in farm spending on inputs such as fertiliser may leave the industry short of supply for a time this year, as production ramps back up to meet the bounce-back in demand now occurring as agricultural commodity prices recover. Rabobank analyst Adam Tomlinson says farm input prices have […]
Cabinet meets for the first time this year on January the 19th and high on the agenda will be consideration of calling in the Mackenzie Basin resource consent applications under the Resource Management Act. While most submissions to Environment Canterbury on the proposals concern animal welfare - an area not covered by the RMA - […]
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