21 September 2020
The latest numbers released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand makes good reading for those involved in rural property, with farm sales for the three months ending August up 45% on the same time a year before.
18 September 2020
The tricky start to the fine wool season has highlighted the challenges with selling products on the commodity market.
17 September 2020
Fonterra announces its annual result tomorrow morning and market watchers are predicting a pretty solid result from the big co-operative.
16 September 2020
Yesterday, the Government announced that big New Zealand companies will have to disclose the risk climate change poses to their businesses.
15 September 2020
Data from ASB shows the country is indeed the place to be after regions reliant on the primary sector filled the top nine spots in its latest quarterly regional economic scorecard.
14 September 2020
As voters grapple with whether to legalise marijuana use, a new report shows hemp could give a $2 billion dollar boost to the primary sector.
11 September 2020
The new freshwater regulations are evoking a lot of feelings – everything from concern to outrage – among farmers.
10 September 2020
Remember a few years ago when it was announced plastic shopping bags would be phased out?
9 September 2020
News that cases of leptospirosis are on the rise again is concerning for rural communities.
Rural people make up 75% of cases and while livestock is vaccinated for lepto it’s not universal and there are new strains emerging.
8 September 2020
I spent a few days on the Chatham Islands a couple of years ago.
Farmers there were an innovative bunch. Machinery parts and other things mainlanders take for granted took an age to get there, so they were pretty adept at making do.
