Cost-cutting measures by cash-strapped dairy farmers have
meant a further reduction in their break-even cost.

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When Nelson Hancox returned home from a trip to Zambia and
had to write a brief statement on what he had learnt, it was
not a difficult task.

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New forecasts for the ailing dairy sector are claiming
farmers may not reach the break-even payout point until 2019
– “at the earliest”.

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Red meat exporters and farmers have been warned the strength
of the New Zealand dollar may play havoc with prices and
returns this season, both trade receipts and at-the-gate
prices.

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Southland cows are good at producing milk, and now it has
been proven they are also good at producing another useful
staple – electricity.

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Otago dairy farmers have been more compliant with
environmental rules in the past year.

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Some Upper Clutha farmers are outraged by the sale of the
Cromwell saleyards to a property developer, labelling the
loss of the facility as a “disaster”.

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Ever since he was a young lad, Will Gibson’s passion for the
farming sector has been remarkable.

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The
Cromwell Basin is now producing around half of New Zealand’s
export cherries and they are “the best in the world”.

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