February 28th, 2011
Dear Client,
It is a strange paradox when global prices of dairy products are soaring, Fonterra farmers are set to get as much as $8/kg …
Archive for February, 2011
Meat Sector: Silver Fern Farms Gets Stronger
Silver Ferns Farms chairman Eoin Garden told the co-operative’s AGM in Gore it has been a challenging time for lamb suppliers as the global …
Dairy: German Investors Lured To Dairy Syndicates
Investors from Germany have won Overseas Investment Office approval to take a controlling stake in 3314ha of South Island dairy farms offered through a …
Economy: Farmer Confidence Rises Slightly
A Federated Farmers 2010-11 mid-season farm confidence survey shows South Island farmers are more confident than their North Island, La Nina drought hit, counterparts. …
Farm Business: New Offer Tabled For Crafar Farms
Fonterra says the demand curve for dairy products in China is far steeper than NZ’s ability to ramp up production. The vast movement of …
Meat Sector: Red Meat Strategy – By-Word Collaboration
A first farmer view of a draft red meat strategy suggests ditching stock agents and supplying meat processors directly could produce savings of up …
