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Primary Sector
High dairy debt may curb ability to meet challenges ahead - MPI
The number of New Zealand dairy farms experiencing financial distress is increasing and high debt levels may threaten their ability to meet environmental and regulatory challenges ahead, the Ministry for Primary Industries warned. “Financial pressures associated with this highly...
Primary Sector
Sanford shareholders back value focus as Sealord profits on volume play
Shareholders at Sanford's annual meeting were relaxed about profits nudging lower as the company continues to focus on earnings per kilogram of seafood caught, rather than the size of the catch. About 80 shareholders gathered in Auckland for the company’s 115th AGM on Friday wher...
Primary Sector
Food and fibre sector leans on govt to brace for sea change
Industry groups have bought into a government working group's plan to set up a new partnership to add value to New Zealand's food and fibre products as they contend with unprecedented change in the global market. The primary sector council - set up by Agriculture Minister Dam...
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Primary Sector
Exporting unprocessed recycling becoming ‘unviable’
Oji Fibre Solutions has hiked paper recycling collection prices for a second time this year and wants government help to grow the industry as a global glut of recycling products drives down export prices.From January, the collection cost of Oji paper recycling bins will climb to...
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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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