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Primary Sector
Cloudy Bay Clams avoids liquidation
The company remains solvent as it works with Port Marlborough on unpaid debt.
Primary Sector
Dairy auction fiercely bid but storm clouds gathering
Whole milk powder rose 3.4% to an average of US$3,463 a tonne.
Primary Sector
BX Foods now expects to file accounts by end of this month
The freezing works operator has been referred to MBIE's integrity team.
Primary Sector
'Blue-sky' oyster vaccine has global potential say scientists
Until recently, oysters weren't thought to have adaptive immune systems.
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Riley Kennedy
Senior Journalist
Riley Kennedy joined BusinessDesk in 2022 and covers New Zealand’s primary sector, with a focus on the country’s agribusinesses and the broader food and fibre economy. He won the DairyNZ Industry Award at the NZ Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators Awards in 2024, and was named Emerging Journalist of the Year by the New Zealand Shareholders Association in 2022. Riley previously worked as a business specialist at the Otago Daily Times and holds a diploma in journalism from Wintec.
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