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Farm sales ease amid optimism
17 July 2017
An easing in farm sales volumes in the last three months is seasonal and the coming year is expected to provide positive outcvomes for the rural community and service industries, Real Estate Institute rural spokesman Brian Peacocke says.
Derivatives rules under review
14 July 2017
The Reserve Bank and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment have started a public consultation on the implications for New Zealand of foreign margin requirements for over-the-counter derivatives.
Hort NZ lowers levy as exports climb
13 July 2017
Growers voted in favour of lowering a levy for commercial fruit and vegetable production at the Horticulture New Zealand annual meeting this week as the industry group benefitted from improving export values.
Kiwifruit value to top $6 billion
28 June 2017
New varieties will drive up the kiwifruit industry’s contribution to New Zealand’s GDP with 29,000 new jobs by 2030, a new report says.
Earlier payments to lift agri liquidity
23 June 2017
Sending an online invoice as soon as business is concluded with farmer customers can help rural service companies and contractors slice as many as 14 days off the time it takes them to be paid using conventional invoicing.
Expert help needed to fight synthetic protein threat
20 June 2017
The challenges of synthetic meat and intensified international competition cannot be underestimated by the New Zealand red meat sector, Rick Powdrell says.
UK food production could fall below 60% of its needs
7 June 2017
More alarmist talk is appearing in Britain over the number of job losses that would result from the government abandoning farm payments.
ANZ loses on Hauraki dairy farms
7 June 2017
ANZ Bank faces a multi-million dollar loss after tipping a group of dairy farms across Hauraki into receivership.
Heartland's rural loan book improves
18 May 2017
The quality of Heartland Bank’s rural loan book improved in the first three months of 2017, scaling back its level of bad debts and accelerating lending in the agricultural sector.
Dollar's fall rate to ease
7 April 2017
Primary sector exporters cheering the kiwi dollar’s 4.8% fall against the greenback this year might have to get used to a slower pace of decline now the Federal Reserve has indicated shrinking its bloated balance sheet is on the cards this year.
