6+ hour, 5+ min ago   (496+ words) Fonterra’s 50-cent cut to its midpoint milk price in July to $9.25/kg MS will be short lived and the final price for this season is expected to be closer to $10/kg MS, RaboResearch senior agricultural analyst Emma Higgins says. This…...

7+ hour, 1+ min ago   (478+ words) Profitability may be the highest in a decade, but farmers are worried about whether the good times will hold, according to Federated Farmers’ latest confidence survey. It showed 72% of farmers are making a profit, with fewer than one in 20 making…...

11+ hour, 2+ min ago   (694+ words) When Ngāi Tahu Farming takes over the DoC concession for the management of Molesworth Station, New Zealand’s largest farm, it will add 180,000 hectares to the farming business, more than doubling the land the iwi currently owns and leases. The expectation…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (772+ words) The Opportunity Party’s proposed land tax would leave most farmers significantly worse off and could suck around $700 million a year out of rural communities, Federated Farmers says. TOP is proposing an annual tax of 0.5% on the value of rural land,…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (494+ words) By Sally Wenley of RNZ The Government is refusing to make any law changes surrounding pork branding but acknowledges some labels may be misleading. This follows the pork industry calling for ‘country of origin’ information to be clearer as some…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (762+ words) Monique Steele of RNZ Disappointment is deepening in New Zealand’s struggling arable sector over farmers continuing to opt for imported animal feeds over local grain. New Zealand was one of the largest importers of palm kernel expeller (PKE) in the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (706+ words) Councils are increasingly imposing differential rates on the primary sector to fund road maintenance, resulting in proposed rate increases of between 200% and 1200%. Forestry owner and investment banker Lewis Tucker faces a potential 1200% differential rate increase from the Carterton District Council…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (326+ words) It says forestry has become a cheap way out for climate change gas emitters, kicking the can down the road instead of taking effective action. “We’re already seeing the impact of reduced populations for our rural communities, who are struggling…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (401+ words) Massey University is expanding a hands-on programme designed to give secondary school students a glimpse of where a career in agriculture could take them. Following the success of the inaugural Food Innovation Youth Summit at Massey University earlier this year,…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (512+ words) The management of commercial forests needs to amount to more than just compliance if the sector is to regain public acceptance, says an environmental consultant. “A decade ago, compliance was the basic. Today proof of story and partnerships are the…...