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Global food prices track 2015 decline
8 May 2017
Global food commodity prices have fallen for the third consecutive month and are on a similar trajectory to prices in 2015.
Overseas grain pressures domestic prices
4 May 2017
New Zealand grain prices will remain under pressure from imported prices at least in the short term.
Rabobank’s Oceania research team gains with grains
24 April 2017
Rabobank has appointed two new analysts to its Food and Agribusiness research team.
TPP in revival mode
21 April 2017
The Japanese government is picking up the pace on reviving the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment deal, with talks scheduled next month among the 11 countries left in the pact after the withdrawal by the US after the election of president Donald Trump.
Maize supply likely to tighten
20 April 2017
Maize is likely to be in short supply this season with recent weather events quashing prospects of a good harvest.
Australia’s wheat crop expected to fall
19 April 2017
Following last year’s record crop, Australian Crop Forecasters estimates that a return to average yields will see Australian wheat production fall 24% year-on-year.
Landcorp committed to new strategy
11 April 2017
State-owned enterprise Landcorp Farming is sticking to its guns as it pursues a strategy focused on moving away from volatile mass agricultural commodity products and towards higher-value markets and products.
Lower US grain supplies good for NZ growers
6 April 2017
Lower supplies of corn and wheat grown in the United States could have a positive outcome for New Zealand’s arable growers as higher imported prices will support demand for NZ’s domestic product.
Strong production gains in jeopardy
5 April 2017
A wet and warm weather outlook for April comes as no surprise with the current weather event bashing its way across the country, but recent lifts in farm production are at risk with the extreme levels of rain following a very wet March.
Momentum grows to replace the RMA
29 March 2017
A major new report from the Productivity Commission lays the foundation for action on the growing political consensus that the Resource Management Act and associated laws are failing both cities and the natural environment and need a complete rewrite.
