Farmers Weekly NZ 26.08.2019
23 August 2019
Banks tighten debt squeeze
Farmers with average to heavy debt loads are very concerned about the new lending policies of banks coming on top of looming environmental compliance requirements.
23 August 2019
Farmers with average to heavy debt loads are very concerned about the new lending policies of banks coming on top of looming environmental compliance requirements.
16 August 2019
Fonterra's farmer-shareholders can no longer ignore the creaky capital structure of their co-operative.
9 August 2019
On-farm training courses have an important role to play in agriculture’s future, Feilding High School student Meaghan Reesby says.
2 August 2019
Agriculture sector leaders, notably co-operatives, fall back too much on competition rather than collaborating and do not make clear strategic choices, research by insurer FMG says.
26 July 2019
South Taranaki farmer Damian Roper has adopted the approach of taking multiple small steps to help reduce his greenhouse gas emissions.
19 July 2019
A plan to tax livestock greenhouse gas emissions at a processor level has led the primary sector to band together like never before.
12 July 2019
Farmers are unlikely to put any of their milk cheque back into their co-operative in the near future, at least until they get a better idea of where their money will be going, Te Aroha farmer Stuart King says.
5 July 2019
It was a sad day but a day that had to be, not just for dairy farmers but the wider West Coast region Grey District Mayor Tony Kokshoorn said of the vote supporting the sale of Westland Milk to Chinese ownership.
1 July 2019
Farmers are by nature independent, optimistic, proud, resilient and strong. But the perfect storm of terrible weather, prolonged market weakness, global trade wars and more is driving some farmers to breaking point.
28 June 2019
Graham Berry says July 4 is going to be a very sad day for a lot of farmers and the West Coast people.