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Dairy
Both New Zealand and Australia's primary industries are facing labour shortages.
Agribusiness

Trans-Tasman competition expected to increase for dairy farms seeking workers
The average price for commodities was US$4110 per metric tonne.
Agribusiness

Global dairy prices largely unchanged in latest auction
The survey found with little to no rain farmers are struggling to access water for their stock
Farming

Farmers struggling to access water for stock
No holiday or leave records were kept any of employees.
Southland

'Wilfully blind': Southland dairy farmer fined $30K for underpaying workers
Environmental activists say the report shows the destruction caused by intensive dairy farming.
Environment

Land review 'a very poor report card' - Greenpeace
Rhys Roberts says the app gives more flexibility than a traditional roster.
Canterbury

New app lets dairy farmers decide when they want to work

The Surfing for Farmers programme was originally launched in Gisborne and founded by Stephen Thomson.
Mental Health

Three summers in, Surfing For Farmers still riding wave of success
Hawke's Bay, Marlborough and Banks Peninsula are particularly dry, with no relief in sight .
Farming

East Coast farmers desperate for rain as dry conditions drag on
Related video: Last year the Government launched an ambitious plan to increase primary sector exports by $44 billion over the next decade.
Farming

The 'existential threat' technology could pose for Kiwi farmers
Related video: Earlier this year apple growers in Hawke's Bay expressed concern over the labour shortage.
Agribusiness

Agriculture sector hopeful travel bubble could lead to more foreign workers given MIQ space
A photo of farmer Daniel Maxwell on his farm near Cheviot.
Farming

'You've just gotta be prepared': Farmers take up resilience planning for future droughts
Dairy prices inched up 0.3 percent overnight.
Agribusiness

Latest dairy auction 'largely flat' but still brings 'good result' for Kiwi farmers
The last time farmers were this positive was in early 2018.
Farming

Farmer confidence highest it's been in years - survey
The Gulf Livestock 1 sank last year with around 6000 cattle onboard.
Animal Welfare

'Blood on our hands': SPCA joins calls to ban live exports

Matt and Tracey Jones began commercial milking in 2019.
Canterbury

Canterbury business capitalising on growing popularity of sheep milk
Watch: Event chairperson Michaela McLeod spoke to The AM Show.
Canterbury

Relief as South Island Agricultural Field Days escapes COVID cancellation
The move is part of the company's transition to producing more consumer products.
Agribusiness

Westland Milk to invest $40 million in Hokitika butter factory upgrade
Related video: More than 18,000 people have been forced to flee their homes.
Australia

'Heartbreaking': Horses, cows among casualties of NSW flooding
Dairy is New Zealand's biggest exporter, worth $20 billion a year.
Agribusiness

How China is causing a surge in milk prices
Related video: Last year Newshub Nation looked at the High Court case over the use of farrowing crates and mating stalls in the pork industry.
Animal Welfare

Special report: How NZ's animal welfare laws are being 'undermined'
Critics say winter grazing is an environmental and animal welfare issue.
Environment

'Good news for farmers' as winter grazing rules deferred, but decision slammed as 'pathetic' by critics
The co-op announced it would be paying an interim dividend of five cents.
Agribusiness

Fonterra posts 'positive' first-half result but warns of challenging year to come
In the previous auction two weeks ago, prices hit a seven-year high.
Agribusiness

'Good result' in latest dairy auction, despite overall drop in prices
MPI is going back and taking a fresh look at some farms formerly infected with the cattle disease.
M Bovis

MPI at 'tail end' of addressing M bovis outbreak
There are currently 11 "active" properties.
Canterbury

New M bovis case 'disappointing but not unexpected'
The Government is close to making a decision on the trade.
Agribusiness

Live exports ban would have significant effect on farmers - exporter
The company ran two dairy farms in south Canterbury.
Canterbury

Canterbury farmer fined $30K after underpaying migrant workers, causing 'significant material hardship'
Global agricultural commodity prices have risen almost 50 percent since mid-2020.
Agribusiness

Surge in global food prices expected to continue in 2021
The dairy giant now expects to pay farmers between $7.30 and $7.90 per kilogram of milk solids.
Agribusiness

Fonterra milk payout forecast rises to $7.30 to $7.90 per kilo
Prices rose 15 percent overnight.
Agribusiness

'Astonishing' lift in dairy prices fuelled by China's 'aggressive purchasing'
It was the eighth consecutive auction in which prices have increased.
Agribusiness

Global dairy prices hit 7-year high after skyrocketing in latest auction
Emails show MPI staff wanted the economic cost of introducing a bottom line pushed more prominently in a Cabinet paper about nitrogen level options put to ministers in May 2020.
Environment

Documents show clash between ministries over introducing bottomline for nitrogen levels
Watch: Jacinda Ardern spoke to The AM Show about the latest COVID-19 cases.
Coronavirus

Concerns over livestock amid delays at COVID checkpoints

The dairy co-op narrowed its profit forecast to between 25 cents per share and 35 cents.
Agribusiness

Fonterra narrows forecast earnings guidance for 2021
Watch: 800,000 Kiwis are exposed to levels of nitrates that are linked to an increased risk of bowel cancer.
Agribusiness

Greenpeace says 'disturbing' nitrate study shows stricter rules needed for dairy industry
The median per-hectare price for all farms was up 21.9 percent for the period ending January 2021.
Real Estate

Farm sales up as rural sector remains 'resilient' despite challenges
Regenerative agriculture remains controversial in New Zealand.
Environment

New report calls for more clarity around regenerative agriculture, scientific testing of claimed benefits
The review is expected to take at least six months.
Agribusiness

'This will not be a witch-hunt': Independent review seeks to learn lessons from M bovis response
Bovine TB is mainly spread by possums.
Hawke's Bay

'It's very frustrating': Farmers slam animal health agency's handling of bovine TB outbreak
It's the seventh consecutive auction in which prices have risen.
Agribusiness

Dairy prices continue upward trend in latest auction
Organisers hope the campervan village will go some way to taking pressure off exhibitors to find accomodation.
Waikato

Fieldays organisers hope 'campervan village' will ease accommodation pressure
The jobs were previously only recognised as unskilled roles.
Farming

Farmers welcome recognition of skilled worker roles on dairy farms
New Zealand's dairy industry is breeding a more climate-friendly herd by testing bulls for their methane and nitrogen emissions.
Agribusiness

New Zealand's dairy industry breeding more climate-friendly herd
A Fonterra factory in Waikato.
Environment

Fonterra says it's working to cut nitrate levels near 'ghost farms'
Fonterra spills 170,000 litres of skim milk into the Tasman Sea.
Rural

Fonterra blames valve for spilling 170,000 litres of milk into sea
He was working at a Meadow Fresh milk processing facility in Christchurch when the incident happened.
Christchurch

ERA says milk worker sacked for drawing swastika after Christchurch terror attacks not unfairly dismissed
Temperatures for the first three days of the week could hit the mid-thirties.
Weather

Weather: 'Warm surge' followed by wintry change on the way
Dairy
Agribusiness

Mycoplasma bovis numbers falling - MPI
The median price per hectare of all farms sold in the three months to December was $27,317.
Real Estate

Increase in farm sales shows rural economy in 'reasonable heart' - REINZ
It was the fifth consecutive rise in prices at the auction.
Agribusiness

Global dairy prices continue to have 'ripper run'