Business
The power of pencil and paper
In the third part of our large-scale farm manager series, Paddy Boyd has made a career out of managing the Mackenzie Basin’s Haldon Station and its people.
By Terry Brosnahan.
Photos by Chris Sullivan.
Rethink the methodology
The methodology for calculating inflation and interest rates: is it time for a rethink in volatile times?
By Victoria Rutherford.
Lamb hopeful $7.60 by June
Lamb at $6.60/kg carcaseweight (CW) felt like such a time in the doldrums, given the super summer prices of 2022.
Picking up the pieces
Less bureaucracy, better co-ordination and easily accessible information systems are farmers’ top wishes as they clear up after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Pothole downgrades prediction
Based on Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s October prediction, farmers expected 2022/23 to be a reasonable year but lamb hit a pothole and mutton prices choked.
To lease or not to lease
It pays to crunch the numbers and weigh up your options before deciding to buy or lease your tractor, Kerry Dwyer writes.
Bigger, and more Aussie lambs
The Australian National sheep flock is growing – up to its highest level since 2007, at 78.75 million head.
Spotlight on farmer advocacy
The Southern ward incumbent, chairman Andrew Morrison, is being challenged by Geoffrey Young, a former Southland Federated Farmers president, and a major issue for the director election is advocacy
Making the farm plan fit together
As the calls come for more transparency in farming operations, Rachel Joblin outlines the benefits of having a full and detailed integrated farm plan.
