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High prices salvage weak volumes for NZ ag exporters
Primary Sector

High prices salvage weak volumes for NZ ag exporters

Export volumes are “steeply lower for most of NZ’s major export commodities relative to where we’d usually expect at this point in the year," said ASB. 

Rebecca Howard 02 Aug 2022
Carpet wars: Godfrey Hirst drops damages claim against Bremworth
Primary Sector

Carpet wars: Godfrey Hirst drops damages claim against Bremworth

Godfrey Hirst says it dropped the claim for damages because it is “aware of Bremworth’s constrained financial circumstances".

Rebecca Howard 01 Aug 2022
Fonterra closing milk powder plant
Primary Sector

Fonterra closing milk powder plant

The small ageing plant processes about 0.25% of Fonterra’s overall milk supply into whole milk powder.  

Rebecca Howard 01 Aug 2022
Semen from top sires kept safe and sound
Primary Sector

Semen from top sires kept safe and sound

The first straws of semen collected from a bull are stored in an area called genetic insurance.

Rebecca Howard 01 Aug 2022


Riley Kennedy
Riley Kennedy

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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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