Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Economic Service released its New Season Outlook 2015-16 today. It predicts the average sheep and beef farm in New Zealand will see its profit before tax lift to $109,900 this season – 9.6 per cent more than last season, but 3.1 per cent below the five-year average. B+LNZ Chief Economist […]
Lincoln University Honours student Victoria Shaw has recently secured her dream job working for national sustainable fertiliser company Abron, in Canterbury. Victoria was shortlisted from more than 100 applicants, and was delighted to be the top candidate. “It’s the only job I wanted,” she says. From November, the talented student will be working as a […]
As the fallout from the steep decline in global diary prices spreads, Crowe Horwath agribusiness specialist Haylee Preston is advising dairy graziers to be proactive to avoid being out-of-pocket this coming season. “With budgets under pressure from severely restricted cash flows, dairy farmers are moving to cut costs, with many looking to tweak their farming […]
While wholesale milk prices may be on their way up, we need to be aware of “retailers’ revenge”. Lincoln University Agribusiness and Food Marketing Programme Director Nic Lees says two things need to happen for the market prices to recover to anywhere near previous levels. “Retail prices need to fall to stimulate consumer demand and […]
In the picture: Senior tutor Roger McLenaghen in action at the workshop. Photo David Hollander. Combating pests and diseases of tree-based crops and summer fruits was the target of the latest MG Marketing ‘Growing You’ workshop held recently at Lincoln. MG Marketing, a co-operative organisation that has over 90 year of successful record of […]
Being part of a TeenAg club at high school kept Northland teenager Sam Moscrip in school longer than he had intended, and it has opened him up to many new possibilities in the primary industries. The TeenAg club format has been developed by New Zealand Young Farmers as a way for younger people to get […]