- New Zealand Dollar: From Zero to Hero May 23, 2017
“We are expecting Fonterra to kick off the season with a slightly cautious milk price forecast of around $6/kg of milk solids. This contrasts to our …
- Otago farm environment award winner treads lightly on the land May 23, 2017
The Engelbrechts won the Beef + Lamb NZ Livestock Award for a “consistently high-performing but simple, efficient sheep and beef operation …
- Ausnutria Acquires Leading Australian Milk Powder Producer “ADP” and “Ozfarm” at RMB170 million May 23, 2017
HK), a leading dairy industry company with production facilities principally based in the PRC, the Netherlands and Australia, engaging in the …
- Brad Markham: Immigration rule changes could leave NZ farms struggling May 23, 2017
OPINION: Hard-working and reliable staff are vital part of many businesses. They’re essential on large dairy farms, where a team of skilled people is …
- A $7 payout on the cards? May 23, 2017
However, BNZ senior economist Doug Steel says farmers should not expect Fonterra to announce such a price this week. With the season set to begin …
- Branstad Confirmed as US Ambassador to China May 23, 2017
“Both products make a lot of sense for China,” Branstad told Successful Farming. “They (China) have a big air pollutiion problem and ethanol can help …
- CPEC’s lesser known impacts May 23, 2017
The draft shows that the centre of gravity for CPEC is the agriculture sector. Thousands of acres of agricultural land will be leased to Chinese …
- China Spins a Global Food Web From Mozambique to Missouri May 23, 2017
Faced with a shrinking area of good arable land and a population of 1.4 billion people who are eating more, Chinese agriculture companies have …
- Is Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited (NZSE:FCG) Undervalued? MF Rank in Focus May 23, 2017
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited (NZSE:FCG) has a current Magic Formula rank of 4546. The formula which was developed by hedge fund …
- Top Conservative minister visits west Cumbria on election trail May 23, 2017
“This is a massive opportunity to write a new UK agriculture support system.” … “It is so important to the UK and my message to Copeland is that we …
- China’s Discerning Foodies Develop Taste for Danish Dining May 23, 2017
China’s Discerning Foodies Develop Taste for Danish Dining … This week, the Danish Agriculture & Food Council is representing seven food …
- Australian requested to lift shrimp trade ban May 23, 2017
This six-month shelled shrimp import ban from Asian nations had been set by the Australian Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources in early …
- Farming the world: China’s epic race to avoid a food crisis May 23, 2017
China’s agriculture industry, from the tiny rice plots tended by 70-year-old grandfathers to the giant companies that are beginning to challenge global …
- Ecological agriculture: investing today in tomorrow’s farms May 23, 2017
Ecological farming has taken root in the UK, writes Phil Moore: drawing inspiration from the past while employing the latest ideas and techniques from …
- FUW outlines agricultural priorities to General Election candidates May 23, 2017
Farmers’ Union of Wales officials have met with General Election candidates from all Welsh and UK parties to outline the Union’s key priorities for …
- Heads up for NZD traders – Fonterra announcement expected Wednesday May 22, 2017
Fonterra announce its forecast for milk prices in NZ on Wednesday (some time from 8.30am NZ time onwards … i.e. 2030GMT). Expectations from ASB …
- Keeping wraps on CPEC investment in agri-sector detrimental to Pak May 22, 2017
“If the current version of the plan retains the same core priorities, it means Chinese investment in agriculture, so far kept out of the discussion, will be …
- Anger at Fonterra supplier meetings May 22, 2017
FONTERRA PROTEST: Crossley dairy farmers Brian Schuler and Karinjeet Singh-Mahil protesting outside the Fonterra supplier meeting, at the Lady …
- 6000 salmon escape at NZ farm after act of vandalism May 22, 2017
A New Zealand salmon farming company has lost more than NZD 150,000 (€93,008/$104,061) worth of fish after someone cut a net, releasing 6,000 …
- Chinese investors urged to seek community approval May 22, 2017
According to Weber Shandwick and Powell Tate, Australian agriculture needs Chinese investment, and the various concerns about such investment …
- Chinese investors urged to seek community approval May 22, 2017
According to Weber Shandwick and Powell Tate, Australian agriculture needs Chinese investment, and the various concerns about such investment …
- Illegal release of 6000 salmon costs farming company $150000 May 22, 2017
A salmon farming company has lost more than $150,000 worth of salmon after someone cut a net, releasing 6000 undersized fish into the Ohau Canal …
- Ag start-ups crying out for investment boost May 22, 2017
THERE is an urgent need to build capacity and ‘deal flow’ if innovative start-up businesses in the Australian agricultural sector are to have any chance …
- Big benefits for farmers in data ownership May 22, 2017
The code is administered by Federated Farmers, Beef+Lamb NZ, DairyNZ, the Dairy Companies Association, Meat Industry Association, Veterinary …
- Grandparenting rule in plan change will reward polluters May 22, 2017
Drystock farmers fear the rules of plan change 1 will remove the flexibility … of conversations around New Zealand and will certainly become an election issue. … flow and grandparenting effectively protects intensive farming systems.
- Aussie super funds still ignore the farm boom May 22, 2017
Australian superannuation funds tend to leave investment in agriculture to … yields and yet we don’t have any exposure to agriculture in Australia?
- Farming brothers win Sir Geoffrey Peren Trophy May 22, 2017
Two Southland brothers have been awarded the Sir Geoffrey Peren Trophy at the NZ Perendale Conference in Te Anau. The trophy, which is awarded …
- NZ log prices advance in ‘humming’ forestry sector, AgriHQ says May 22, 2017
AgriHQ analyst Reece Brick said there’s little to suggest either the export or local log markets will suffer from any significant weakness in the future.
- Tas woman awarded dairy Horizon scholarship May 22, 2017
“I want to make a meaningful contribution to Australian agriculture. In the long term I would love to return to Tasmania and work in the dairy industry to …
- Chinese idea brings in rich innovation May 22, 2017
In June 2015, a visiting Chinese couple successfully projected it in the … Three Chinese agricultural and textile companies have entered the park, …
- Tas woman awarded dairy Horizon scholarship May 22, 2017
Alice Mitchell, whose scholarship is sponsored by Dairy Australia, was one of 15 recipients of the 2017 Horizon Scholarship, an initiative of the Rural …
- Fonterra expected to offer prudent 2017-18 forecast May 22, 2017
Most analysts are picking Fonterra will announce a cautious opening payout forecast for the 2017-18 season of about $6 per kilogram of milksolids …
- Farming the World: China’s Epic Race to Avoid a Food Crisis May 22, 2017
China’s 1.4 billion people are building up an appetite that is changing the way the world grows and sells food. The Chinese diet is becoming more like …
- Technology to eliminate half of world’s four million jobs in a decade or two May 22, 2017
Two stunning global facts emerged at the Australian Leadership Retreat at the … It also helps explain why China is so active in Australian agriculture …
- Keith Woodford says there are lessons to learn from Oregon dairy farming May 22, 2017
Most farmers have their cows in barns all of the year. But our … Troy asked us why we in New Zealand would want to use barns if we do not have to.
- Canadian pension giant backs Corrigan’s Webster May 22, 2017
It grows and markets cotton and farm products, including wheat, barley, sorghum, … PSP is fast emerging as a major player in Australian agriculture.
- Milk glut leaves US dairy farmers in a sour mood May 22, 2017
US dairy farmers’ big bet on global demand for milk is souring. …. What Australian Taxation Office commissioner told staff after alleged $165m tax …
- QIC’s NAPCo delivers $72m profit as super funds miss the farm boom May 22, 2017
Mr Joyce said he has been infuriated to see Australia’s retirement savings missing out on strong investments in the agricultural sector, where at least …
- Brexit and the coming food crisis: ‘If you can’t feed a country, you haven’t got a country’ May 21, 2017
As it reported, around 20% of all employees in British agriculture come from abroad, these days mostly Romania and Bulgaria, while 63% of all staff …
- Environment Southland faces blowtorch over declining freshwater quality May 21, 2017
Parked said regional councils had been farmer dominated and Dairy NZ and Federated Farmers sometimes defended the indefensible and hunted as …
- JV between Landcorp and Milk NZ celebrated May 21, 2017
The Joint Venture between Milk New Zealand and Landcorp, formed in 2012 to manage 16 North Island farms, was celebrated at an event in Hamilton …
- Global trends ripple through New Ulm May 21, 2017
“So we as American dairy farmers need to be just as dialed in to how cows are producing in the European Union and New Zealand as they are here at …
- Chinese ag investors need social license to operate in Australia, says report May 21, 2017
CHINESE investors in Australian agriculture and agribusiness need to obtain a “social licence” to operate in the market if their investments are to …
- Chinese ag investors need social license to operate in Australia, says report May 21, 2017
CHINESE investors in Australian agriculture and agribusiness need to obtain a “social licence” to operate in the market if their investments are to …
- Alibaba’s Jack Ma will bring his message to Detroit May 21, 2017
The conference’s purpose is to attract more American businesses and farmers interested in selling products to hundreds of millions of Chinese …
- The way forward May 21, 2017
The plan pledges to boost Pakistan’s mistreated agriculture sector under an increasing $54 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.
- Chinese entrepreneurs look for partners in Pakistan: Zhihui May 21, 2017
A 20-member Chinese delegation, led by Song Zhihui professor and … for Chinese investors in Pakistan’s building material, electronics, agriculture, …
- THE State’s leading agricultural lobby groups have called the 2017-18 Federal Budget “modest” for … May 21, 2017
He said Australia’s agricultural industry had once again been delivered a … Key agricultural highlights included the establishment of a $4 billion …
- Innovative milk chiller being snapped up by dairy farmers sponsored May 21, 2017
Innovative milk chiller being snapped up by dairy farmers sponsored … milk chilling regulations were signalled for all dairy farms in New Zealand.
- Innovative milk chiller being snapped up by dairy farmers May 21, 2017
“We are looking for technologies that are innovative, under-utilised or have not been applied in the New Zealand environment,” says Chand.