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Primary Sector
The Fonterra Shareholders' Fund may simply slip away
The fund may not even be missed given it never really delivered on its promise.
Primary Sector
MSC adds US$1,500 surcharge for some exports to China
Another whopper surcharge for exporters, this time into the eastern Chinese port of Fuzhou.
Primary Sector
Where there's wool there's a way - carpet as a solution to oversupply
A rise in shearing costs means shearing expenditure is currently equivalent to at least 90% of wool revenue. Wools of NZ wants to turn that around.
Primary Sector
Sexed semen proving popular for LIC
LIC expects 2021/22 underlying earnings of up to $25 million.
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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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