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NZ in good shape ahead of UK, Europe FTA talks - meat rep
If China stopped taking New Zealand meat exports tomorrow, it wouldn’t take long for the sector to sell that volume into its other major markets, says Jeff Grant, the NZ meat industry's former man on the ground in Britain. The spread and impact of covid-19 on global trade, par...
Primary Sector
Farmer-director McBride Fonterra's new chairman
Farmer-director Peter McBride has been selected as Fonterra Cooperative Group’s next chairman. Former Zespri chairman McBride will replace John Monaghan when he retires the chair at the November annual meeting. Under Fonterra’s constitution, its chairman is selected by the...
Primary Sector
Skellerup lowers earnings guidance; sees demand recovering
Skellerup Holdings lowered its annual earnings guidance after the covid-19 pandemic saw its costs rise and demand dwindle for some of its products. “Prior to the covid-19 outbreak, Skellerup was on track for a record result in FY20," it said, which would have trumped its recor...
Primary Sector
Western Saharan phosphate 'critical' to covid recovery - Ravensdown
Fertiliser cooperative Ravensdown says it should be “congratulated not castigated” for keeping the lines of supply open for critical phosphate rock into New Zealand during the covid-19 global crisis. The farmer cooperative, which together with Ballance Agri-Nutrients, forms a...
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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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