This week on The Best of The Country, Rowena Duncum caught up with Rabobank’s Head Dairy Analyst Emma Higgins for a review of the results from the latest Global Dairy Trade Auction.This week’s top interviews are: Dr Jacqueline…
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Comment: Financial opportunities in forestry for farmers
Comment: Significant financial opportunities are available for sheep, beef and dairy farmers to integrate forestry into their businesses, provided they do their homework and get the correct advice. NZX’s Sandra Taylor reports on a…
Dairy farmers attend DairyNZ Farmers’ Forum in Rotorua
More than 200 of the region’s farmers and those involved in the sector left the cows at home yesterday to attend the DairyNZ Farmers’ Forum.The forum included guest speakers and workshops from a range of experts on a variety of…
Breakthrough in pine tree disease research
Researchers at Scion have made a breakthrough in studying pine tree disease red needle cast – which falls in the same ‘plant destroyer’ family as kauri dieback.The disease spreads through airborne water droplets and causes the needles…
Cavalier says market conditions still challenging
Cavalier Corp expects to break-even in the second half, meaning annual normalised profit will remain around $1.9 million as market conditions remain tough. “The challenging market conditions noted in February 2019, particularly…
The Country – Lamb edition
Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay celebrates National Lamb Day with a couple of tasty giveaways for some lucky listeners.On with the show: Lisa Murray: Our Met Service forecaster warns of winter’s first blast for the South…
Cows die after being hit by car on Otago road
Two cows died after being hit by a car near Dunback last night.A police spokeswoman said the incident happened about 7.10pm on Macraes Rd, about 1km from State Highway 85.The occupants of the car were not injured, she said.Meanwhile,…
Gun owners complain to IPCA over ‘heavy-handed’ raids
Gun owners have made six complaints to the Independent Police Conduct Authority about what they say are heavy handed police raids following the Christchurch mosque shootings.IPCA investigation manager Stu Graham said his team would…
Annual exports to China top $15 billion for first time
Annual exports to China jumped 22 per cent in April to top $15 billion for the first time, amid growing demand for beef, lamb, logs and dairy products. Exports to China now account for about a quarter of New Zealand’s international…
Far North hunters join battle to stop spread of deadly kauri disease
Far North hunters are being enlisted in the battle to stop the spread of kauri dieback. The disease threatens Northland’s few remaining kauri forests and was just last week detected near the Four Sisters, a cluster of giant kauri…