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Primary Sector
Blue Sky reports best result in 8 years
By Rebecca Howard July 4 (BusinessDesk) - Southland meat processor and marketer Blue Sky Meats says the year to March was its best result in eight years as a strategic plan bore fruit. The company, which is due to release its annual report shortly, said the March financial...
Primary Sector
NZ commodity prices post first decline in 2019 as dairy prices weaken
By Rebecca Howard July 3 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand commodity prices fell for the first time this year last month, dragged down by weaker dairy prices, ANZ Bank's latest monthly commodity index shows. The ANZ world commodity price index fell 3.9 percent in June and was 2...
Primary Sector
RESEND: Dairy product price index dips for fourth straight auction
(Resent after technical issue affected delivery to some subscribers) By Margreet Dietz July 3 (BusinessDesk) - The index for dairy product prices fell at the Global Dairy Trade auction, declining a fourth consecutive time, as whole milk powder prices continued their fall....
Primary Sector
Agri-tech sector to pioneer govt industry transformation strategy
By Pattrick Smellie July 2 (BusinessDesk) - Agricultural technology should be one of New Zealand's leading sources of high-value jobs, exports and improved farming practice, but has failed to grow much in the last decade, prompting the government to make it the focus of the fi...
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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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