Reduced toothfish catch impacts Sanford first half
By Brent Melville | Thu, 28 May 2020
Growth in Sanford's aquaculture business was not enough to salvage reduced longline volumes as the country's biggest seafood and fishing company was effectively frozen out of the important Antarctic t...
Synlait trims forecast as covid-19 threatens to hit demand
By Rebecca Howard | Thu, 28 May 2020
Synlait Milk lowered its forecast milk payout for the season just ending and was conservative going forward as dairy prices drop and the covid-19 outbreak threatens to bite into demand. The milk pr...
Farmers feeling less 'undue' pressure from banks, public liking them more
By Rebecca Howard | Tue, 26 May 2020
Farmers are feeling less pressure from their banks, they seem to have found some public favour, and worker pay is improving. The May 2020 survey from Federated Farmers found those feeling “undue...
Livestock farm profits face 20% hit this season
By Brent Melville | Tue, 26 May 2020
Livestock farmers will see inflation-adjusted pre-tax farm profits drop by a fifth this year, down an average $25,800 at $104,400 for the season to the end of June. The grimmer outlook from Beef+La...
