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Govt announces 'farmer-focused' RMA reforms
Policy

Govt announces 'farmer-focused' RMA reforms

Proposed reforms cover freshwater, farming practice, mining and quarrying.

Pattrick Smellie 29 May 2025
Fonterra expects strong dairy demand to continue
Markets

Fonterra expects strong dairy demand to continue

It will open the season with a wide range on its forecast milk price.

Riley Kennedy 29 May 2025
Kiwifruit still appeals to cautious Chinese

Kiwifruit still appeals to cautious Chinese

Will the kiwifruit grower have another aspirational revenue target?

Riley Kennedy 28 May 2025
Bakery China - NZ dairy on the world stage
World

Bakery China - NZ dairy on the world stage

Fonterra’s Anchor FP Whipping Cream has roughly a third of the market.

Riley Kennedy 27 May 2025


Riley Kennedy
Riley Kennedy

Journalist

Riley won the Dairy NZ Industry Award at the NZ Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators Awards in 2024. He was the New Zealand Shareholders Association emerging journalist of the year in 2022.  His journalism experience includes more than a year as a business specialist at the Otago Daily Times. He has a diploma in journalism from Wintec. 

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