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New Zealand's current milk season looks good but not record breaking
By Rebecca Howard May 16 (BusinessDesk) - With just over a fortnight to go, the country's current milk season looks to have been a good - but not stellar - year for processors as dry weather at the tail end crimped production. Production was initially very strong on the b...
Property
Rural Equities sells second-largest property
By Gavin Evans May 14 (BusinessDesk) - Rural Equities, the farming group majority-owned by the Cushing family, has agreed to sell its second-largest property as it rejigs its portfolio. Puketotara, a beef and sheep finishing operation near Huntly, covers 1,146 hectares and...
Retail
UPDATE: Global ice cream company Froneri snaps up Tip Top
(Updates to add CEO comment throughout, comment from New Zealand First) By Rebecca Howard May 13 (BusinessDesk) - Global ice cream company Froneri has bought Fonterra Cooperative Group's Tip Top for $380 million, ending a six-month sale process. The price was about $10...
Infrastructure
Synlait may have been too hasty on Pokeno plant
By Jenny Ruth May 13 (BusinessDesk) - Synlait Milk has landed itself in a right pickle after a Court of Appeal judgment that renders its new Pokeno factory in breach of covenants restricting use of that land to grazing, lifestyle farming and forestry. Synlait jumped the gun...
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