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Foresters urged to manage harvest recovery
Forest owners need to work closely with the rest of the sector to restore production in a way that is sustainable for contracting crews and the markets logs are destined for, the Forest Industry Contractors Association says.Ports around the country have reported more stable log v...
Primary Sector
Zespri warns of virus disruption risk
Kiwifruit marketer Zespri has signalled the risk of low returns to growers this season as it tries to assess the potential for disrupted deliveries in global markets and picker shortages here.The firm, which this week dispatched its first cargo of SunGold fruit this season, said...
Primary Sector
Dairy prices extend decline led by milk powders
Prices dropped for the fourth straight time at the Global Dairy Trade auction amid concern the ever-spreading covid-19 virus will cut global demand.Even so, the decline was not as much as some had expected. The GDT price index fell 3.9 percent from the previous auction two weeks...
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Fieldays won't be going ahead in June
New Zealand’s National Fieldays – billed as the largest agricultural event in the southern hemisphere – won’t be going ahead in June due to the covid-19 outbreak.“As this is an unprecedented environment, we request the time between now and 31 March to present our loyal and longst...
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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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