A recent survey conducted by business advisory firm Crowe Horwath during the Southern Field Days asked farmers, rural professionals and others heavily involved in New Zealand agribusiness for their views on the industry’s key influences. Technology, farm management practices, favourable interest rates, improved rural connectivity and continued education and training were identified as the factors […]
…and buffer some of the harmful climate change effects on crop yields. For the first time, scientists investigated systematically the worldwide potential to produce more food with the same amount of water by optimising rain use and irrigation. They found the potential has previously been underestimated. Investing in crop water management could substantially reduce hunger […]
JEZ Media www.nzfoodmanufacturer.co.nz publisher@xtra.co.nz London -The food industry needs more disruption for sustainable development: this was one of the key messages from the North American edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit (www.sustainablefoodssummit.com/namerica). Hosted in San Francisco on January 20-22, the summit brought together 140 senior executives from the food industry. Josh Tetrick, CEO and […]
A new collaboration between The New Zealand Merino Company (NZM) and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), announced today, aims to deliver premiums for New Zealand’s strong wool sector—a partnership that could see an additional $335 million contribution towards New Zealand’s economy by 2025. “‘Wool Unleashed’, or W3, is a new seven-year, $22.1 million Primary […]
The cost and benefits of planting trees to help mitigate environmental effects of dairy farming need to be shared by us all for it to succeed, a new study says. Evaluation of an agri-environmental program for developing woody green infrastructure within pastoral dairy landscapes: A New Zealand case study says Government incentive programs are ineffective […]