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Blue Sky Pasture squeezed by weak meat prices

Blue Sky Pasture squeezed by weak meat prices

The Southland lamb and mutton processor says dividends are unlikely in the short term.

Riley Kennedy 04 Nov 2024
Jim van der Poel's 25 years of dairy industry governance

Jim van der Poel's 25 years of dairy industry governance

He stepped down as DairyNZ chair last week.

Riley Kennedy 04 Nov 2024
Zespri's Europe-North America chief leaving after only a year
Markets

Zespri's Europe-North America chief leaving after only a year

Nikki Johnson will stand in for Steven Martina as acting GM for Europe.

Staff reporters 31 Oct 2024
Red meat prices are on the improve: Silver Fern Farms

Red meat prices are on the improve: Silver Fern Farms

Change comes despite a 50% drop in exports to China in August.

Riley Kennedy 31 Oct 2024


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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