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Govt eyes 2025 for farm-level emissions pricing, tests interim steps
By Gavin Evans July 16 (BusinessDesk) - The government plans to start policing emissions at the farm level from 2025 but has split with industry on how best to start bringing emissions down in the meantime. Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor and Climate Change Minister Ja...
Infrastructure
Scott says forward orders strong, Europe variable
By Gavin Evans July 9 (BusinessDesk) - Industrial automation specialist Scott Technology says its forward order book remains strong despite restrained investment in Europe due to the ongoing uncertainty around Brexit. The firm, which now has more staff in Europe than in New...
Policy
Biosecurity NZ steps up war on brown marmorated stink bug
By Rebecca Howard July 9 (BusinessDesk) - Biosecurity New Zealand is stepping up its war on the brown marmorated stink bug. It has provisionally released new rules that will apply to this year's stink bug season, which starts on Sept. 1 and will run until April 30. The...
Retail
Falling log prices may make some woodlots unprofitable - ANZ
By Rebecca Howard July 8 (BusinessDesk) - In-market prices for logs in China - New Zealand's largest export market - have fallen in recent weeks and ANZ Bank warns the drop will make the harvest of some woodlots unprofitable. While some price softening is not unusual at thi...
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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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