Over 400 visits to meat plants here in New Zealand and around the world, up to his elbows and covered in blood and guts, have paid off for Adept clip inventor and managing director Murray […]
The latest figures from Statistics NZ show a glimpse of improvement in economic activity, with a rise in gross domestic product (GDP) of 1.1 percent in the first three months of 2012, helped in part […]
Kiwi companies have emerged from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), fitter, faster and better able to take advantage of a growing economy according to a major survey from ANZ National Bank Ltd. “The GFC really […]
Consumers, rather than politicians or regulation will determine the future of New Zealand farming, according to ANZ New Zealand. “Demand for safe, high quality agricultural products from the growing economies of China, India and Asia […]
High quality speakers and ample opportunities to network are on offer to delegates from the meat industry, farming and their service sectors at this year’s Red Meat Sector Conference. We’ve been given a sneak preview […]
It was a hell of a long time coming, but the return to work for AFFCO’s workforce, or at least the half who were on strike or locked out has finally arrived, comments Allan Barber, […]
A fall in merchandise export prices for meat products has been confirmed by Statistics New Zealand in its latest figures comparing the March 2012 quarter against December 2011. However, this is expected by some to […]
The KPMG Agribusiness Agenda 2012, released this week, contains interesting observations which have been gathered from conversations with nearly 100 business leaders, says Allan Barber, who recently reviewed the report. But like most strategy documents […]
Allan Barber credits iwi for the final settlement of AFFCO’s union dispute. It’s been a long 10 weeks, he wrote in an article which appeared on interest.co.nz on 24 May and also in NZ Farmers […]
Primary Industries Minister David Carter is representing New Zealand at the APEC Food Security Ministerial meeting in Russia next week and will also travel to the US for a round of high level agriculture meetings. […]
