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Alliance Group's former Smithfield plant hits the market

Alliance Group's former Smithfield plant hits the market

The site closed at the end of last year.

Riley Kennedy 26 Feb 2025
PGG Wrightson restores dividend as rural returns recover
Markets

PGG Wrightson restores dividend as rural returns recover

Farmer confidence has hit its highest level in more than a decade.

Riley Kennedy 25 Feb 2025
Yamaha Motor Co snaps up Tauranga's Robotics Plus
Technology

Yamaha Motor Co snaps up Tauranga's Robotics Plus

Robotics Plus will form a key part of new US-based subsidiary Yamaha Agriculture.

Greg Hurrell 25 Feb 2025
Westland Milk’s shipments up 14% on strong supply and demand

Westland Milk’s shipments up 14% on strong supply and demand

The dairy processor's chief executive recently departed suddenly.

Riley Kennedy 25 Feb 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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