Craig Norgate dreamed up a good idea at the wrong time when he proposed PGG Wrightson set up and spin-off a business developing dairy farms in Uruguay. The global financial crisis hit and NZ Farming Systems Uruguay couldn’t raise debt funding to finish the job. It was also marked down as a stock because of […]
NZ’s output of people with tertiary qualifications in agriculture is falling behind the country’s needs as a generation of students is put off farming by perceptions it is “too hard,” has uncertain income and does not bring the lifestyle it used to. Massey University professor Jacqueline Rowarth told Parliament’s primary production committee the country is […]
NZ’s output of people with tertiary qualifications in agriculture is falling behind the country’s needs as a generation of students is put off farming by perceptions it is “too hard,” has uncertain income and does not bring the lifestyle it used to. Massey University professor Jacqueline Rowarth told Parliament’s primary production committee the country is […]
FedFarmers CEO Conor English is warning NZ’s capital markets and economy are suffering from a lack of savings and capital depth. He says in the mid 1980s NZ had a Govt which pronounced agriculture a sunset industry, and Wellington would become a Zurich of the South Pacific but this never happened. “Wellington has been asleep […]
The dairy industry’s various battles over resources, including water, have meant new phrases have entered the public consciousness, like it or not. “Dirty dairying” is an example. DairyNZ has kicked off a $2m “Go Dairy” campaign, initially with TV ads, later newspaper and magazine features as well as a school campaign, aimed at an […]
AFFCO’s independent directors have recommended minority shareholders don’t accept Talley’s Group’s 37c-a-share offer for the 47% of the meat processor it doesn’t already own - unless they need the money. The directors themselves say they’ll stick with the company, which will end up at least 76%-owned by the fishing, ice cream, meat, dairy and vegetable […]
Federated Farmers is risking public backlash over its attitude towards environmental protection by opting not to sign a previously agreed commitment to clean up the Manawatu River, claiming not all parties agree the river is in a poor state. The accord was signed by 16 groups, including DB Breweries, Fonterra and Palmerston North City Council, […]
Meat Industry Association (MIA) chairman Bill Falconer says there are no pre-conceived ideas of what the MIA/Beef & Lamb NZ sponsored meat sector strategy should produce. The strategy, whose terms of reference have just been released, is aimed at addressing a fundamental lack of profit behind the farm gate and at the processor/marketer side of […]
NZ’s determined pursuit of its rights of access to the Australian apple market has implications for other exports of primary produce which end up being blocked by spurious claims over bio-security. Trade Minister Tim Groser says the WTO ruling helps build the case phytosanitary rules must be based on science. Sheepmeat, kiwifruit and dairy exports […]
Exactly how much rent to charge for the 231 pastoral leases of NZ’s photographically iconic high country farms has been a fraught discussion for a century or so. The Govt has announced a new formula which will change the Land Act 1948 tenure rules and charging regime. Previous lease payments have been based on the […]
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