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Primary Sector
Moo moves: Gypsy Day gets green light
New Zealand's dairy cows will be on the move on June 1 regardless of the lockdown level.
Primary Sector
Wood processors running out of logs
Wood processors are counting on a speedy return to harvesting next week so plants started up last week don’t run out of feedstock.Red Stag Timber, the country’s largest processor, resumed processing last week using logs felled before the national covid-19 lockdown. That timber is...
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Primary Sector
Foresters seek head-start to prepare for harvest
Forest owners and contractors are hoping to start preparing machinery and logging sites ahead of the resumption of harvesting next week. Phil Taylor, president of the New Zealand Forest Owners’ Association, said a lot of good work had been completed in recent weeks developing...
Primary Sector
Product mix 'saved' Fonterra - Hurrell
Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell said a large product range and diversity of markets was "saving" New Zealand's single largest export earner under the covid-19 global pandemic.“China goes through a hole in the floor in February and we can move those products into retail...
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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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