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NZ-China trade deal needs to reflect new US formula gains
The Trans-Tasman Infant Nutrition Council says recent concessions granted to US dairy exporters by China mean free trade deals between China and New Zealand and Australia should be updated.
Primary Sector
Wools of NZ, Primary merger on the card - again
Wool company mergers have a dismal track record in New Zealand, so growers will be forgiven for greeting the latest talk of joining forces between Primary Wool Cooperative and Wools of NZ with a grain of salt.That this is the eighth time in almost as many years the two parties ha...
Primary Sector
Chinese restaurants to help get NZ meat through covid
Post-covid economic recovery and the reopening of restaurants in China and Asia is positive news for the New Zealand meat sector, whereas orders into other markets have started to stutter under the burden of the pandemic.With Chinese consumers beginning to benefit from better job...
Primary Sector
Landcorp banking on organic and non-cow milk
Lancorp Farming is betting the farm on organic and sheep and deer milk.
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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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