Rainy weather provides some respite for farmers, AgriHQ says

Rainy weather provides some respite for farmers, AgriHQ says
Tina Morrison
By Tina Morrison Jan. 29 (BusinessDesk) - Rain over the summer holiday period has provided some respite to farmers over most of the country and slowed the volume of animals being sent to slaughter, underpinning prices, according to AgriHQ's Monthly Sheep & Beef report for January. "Confidence in farmgate sheep and beef prices was waning in the fortnight leading up to Christmas, but the situation has stabilised since the holiday period," AgriHQ analyst Reece Brick said in his report titled 'Timely rain steadies the ship'. "Many areas of NZ...