Friday, March 29, 2024

BLOG: A year to remember

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It’s our last edition for 2018 and as usual for this time of year we’re filling our pages with some faces you don’t often see in the paper, but whose contribution to our sector is immense.
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Land Champions uncovers the unsung heroes – those who toil away to make their industry and community a better place to live and work.

We’ve also included some familiar faces. You will have read and seen the farmers in On Farm Story over ther past six months and we’ve gone back to some of them to ask how their year has been and how they see 2019 playing out.

The end of the year is a time for reflection.

Dairy has been volatile again though it looks as though another six-dollar-plus payout is on the cards.

Fonterra has been through the wringer in 2018 and shareholders will hope the new leadership team there can steady the ship. Time will tell.

If it weren’t for the price of crossbred wool sheep and beef farmers would probably class the year as perfection. 

Horticulture continues to go from strength to strength.

But there are headwinds coming.

Global trade is in a fair bit of turmoil with Brexit floundering and tensions between the United States and just about everyone else concerning.

Issues linked to the climate and the environment will give farmers challenges to overcome as well.

But farmers are a resilient lot and overcome them they will.

Thanks for reading in 2018. I hope our news and data have helped make decision-making a little bit easier.

Have a safe and happy holiday season.

Bryan Gibson

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