Emissions: Productivity key to reducing emissions
Improved farm productivity could cut on-farm greenhouse gas emissions from sheep by up to 12%. This is the claim by AgResearch scientist Stewart Ledgard …
Archive for May, 2010
NZ Exports: Tax changes tilt things in favour of NZ over Australia
Farmers will be among those with companies set to benefit from the reduction in the corporate tax rate to 28%. Chapman Tripp tax partner …
NZ Budget: Agriculture And Science Gain In Budget Focused On Tax
Agriculture Minister David Carter didn’t have much new to announce in the Budget even though his statement says primary sector investment is being prioritised. …
Stock Managment: Tackling stressed stock
When stock become stressed nutritionally the effects of other diseases becomes more apparent. Parasitism is greatest in light stock and when grazing feed close …
NZ Dairy Industry: Dairy companies hold off decisions on raw milk uptake
Independent dairy companies are re-assessing the economics of buying milk from Fonterra now the raw milk price is set at the farmgate plus 10c …
NZ Research Funding: Rural Services Companies Will Vie For R&D Grants
Rural researchers are upbeat about the message the Govt is sending about the place of Researcg & Development as an economic tool to create …
NZ Emissions Policy: Scrapping ETS will not hit NZ’s agriculture exports
ACT’s Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen has poured scorn on Agriculture Minister David Carter’s claim the Govt needs to proceed with the Emissions Trading …
Dairy Sector: Latest Fonterra auction result bodes well
A slight dip in the price of milk powder in Fonterra’s online auction this month is being cheered, because it means the previous month’s …
Rural Shares: Rural Portfolio Receivership Signals Big Changes
Rural Portfolio (RPI), the investment vehicle of Craig Norgate and Baird McConnon, lost its representation on the board of PGG Wrightson when their company …
Farm Technology: Farmside boosts rural broadband
Farmside, NZ’s leading rural telecommunications provider, has raised the standard in data provision for rural NZers by offering a full 14 hour off-peak plan …
Dairy Sector: Milk payment hike points to enduring recovery in prices
Fonterra, as expected, has raised its forecast milk fat payment and more heartening, chairman Henry van der Heyden has advised farmers to assume a …
NZ Emissions: Govt Sticks To ETS As Aust fades, Lobbyists Get Agitated
Mounting business and farm lobby group pressure on the Govt is so far having no effect on its commitment to introducing the half-measures version …
Farm Finances: New tax rules impact on farmers
Newly introduced withholding tax payment rules affect farmers who hire contractors. The changes require any farmer hiring any type of contractor, individuals, partnership, trusts …
NZ Wool Industry: AgResearch job cuts signal loss of wool expertise
AgResearch’s announcement it will eliminate up to 36 positions, with the biology of wool being the hardest hit area of research, is a further …
