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Primary Sector
Warming water closes three salmon farms
Three Pelorus Sound fish farms will be "fallowed" while King Salmon grapples with high rates of fish death caused by persistently high summer water temperatures.
Primary Sector
Nathan Guy new chair of Meat Industry Association
Guy replaces John Loughlin, who has retired from the role after six years.
Primary Sector
Rising costs take the shine off high milk payout
Fonterra lifted the 2022-23 forecast farmgate milk price range to $8.75-$10.25 per kilogram of milk solids (kgMS) from $8.25-$9.75/kgMS.
Primary Sector
Bubs steams ahead on US infant formula train
By mid-July, 361,299 cans of Bubs infant formula are expected to have been made available to major retailers in the US.
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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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