Public articles
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.
Wet, but not all bad
Micha Johansen took precautions as the Tukituki River spilled across the paddocks.
The Kiwi influence
When Scotland is playing rugby well it can make all the difference for John Scott at Hill of Fearn.
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.
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
In part three of the Mycoplasma bovis series, Nicola Dennis looks at the impact of the eradication programme on meat processors.
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