As well as my professional agricultural consutant service, I also put together an agricultural blog. Saving you the time, I scroll through reports and journals and summarise the best bits for your information

Blog: Welcome

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Nov 30, 20233 min read

Guest Editorial - Dan Smith

Guest editorial is from Dan Smith Agribusiness Lecturer and Program director at Lincoln University Introducing Dan Smith an Agribusiness...

Silver Fern Farms plate to pasture program

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Nov 30, 20231 min read

Silver Fern Farms plate to pasture program

Silver Fern Farms comments that It’s plate to pasture program strategy provides the road map for recovery, but is warning that the lamb...

Farm succession isn’t an easy topic to discuss in the rural sector

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Nov 30, 20231 min read

Farm succession isn’t an easy topic to discuss in the rural sector

Farm succession isn’t an easy topic to discuss in the rural sector, for farmers it means confronting their own mortality, It involves...

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Nov 30, 20231 min read

Venison markets are buoyant

Venison markets are buoyant reversing the red meat downward trend, processors are turning down enquiry’s due to the ability to supply....

International pricing differential are causing a negative effect on NZ’s sheep meat returns

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Nov 30, 20231 min read

International pricing differential are causing a negative effect on NZ’s sheep meat returns

International pricing differential are causing a negative effect on NZ’s sheep meat returns. The key reason is the pricing differential,...

European Parliament has ratified the NZ-EU Free trade agreement by a wide margin

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Nov 30, 20231 min read

European Parliament has ratified the NZ-EU Free trade agreement by a wide margin

NZ-EU FTA European Parliament has ratified the NZ-EU Free trade agreement by a wide margin, paving the way for the removal of tariffs...

Pure South Handpicked 55 Day Aged Beef won best grass-fed steak and the best ribeye steak

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Nov 30, 20231 min read

Pure South Handpicked 55 Day Aged Beef won best grass-fed steak and the best ribeye steak

The good news: NZ farmers feature in the world Agric theatre (again). Pure South Handpicked 55 Day Aged Beef won best grass-fed steak...

Nutritional value of plant based meats limited by the lack of key micronutrients

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Nov 30, 20231 min read

Nutritional value of plant based meats limited by the lack of key micronutrients

Food misinformation, recent research is exposing the lack of essential nutrients of plant based meats. Despite the rising interest in...

Lincoln University’s Enterprise Analysis publication

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Nov 30, 20231 min read

Lincoln University’s Enterprise Analysis publication

Lincoln University’s Enterprise Analysis publication in a Gross Margin format 2023 is now available . Enterprise Analysis provides a...

Does the desire to develop and breed low methane emitting sheep may cause other important traits

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Oct 30, 20231 min read

Does the desire to develop and breed low methane emitting sheep may cause other important traits

South Otago sheep and beef farmer Hamish Bielski questions if the desire to develop and breed low methane emitting sheep may cause other...

B+LNZ’s chief economist Andrew Burtt is forecasting farm profitability to fall by 31%

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Oct 30, 20231 min read

B+LNZ’s chief economist Andrew Burtt is forecasting farm profitability to fall by 31%

NZ Beef & Sheep farming profits to drop by 30% , B+LNZ’s chief economist Andrew Burtt is forecasting farm profitability to fall by 31%...

New Zealand's economic growth, or GDP, is near the bottom of the world rankings

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Oct 30, 20231 min read

New Zealand's economic growth, or GDP, is near the bottom of the world rankings

New Zealand's economic growth, or GDP, is near the bottom of the world rankings - but NZ is still ahead of several major economies,...

Forestry conversion plan for a sheep farm turned down

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Oct 30, 20231 min read

Forestry conversion plan for a sheep farm turned down

Forestry conversion plan for a sheep farm turned down by the Overseas Investment Office, this is the first decision to be made under the...

Agri-voltaic solar power plant installation is showing a continuation of changing land use

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Oct 30, 20231 min read

Agri-voltaic solar power plant installation is showing a continuation of changing land use

Agri-voltaic solar power plant installation is showing a continuation of changing land use, in a district already transformed by the...

Docking pain protocol could be on its way, researcher says

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Oct 30, 20231 min read

Docking pain protocol could be on its way, researcher says

NZ Merino farmers will be faced with more compliance if they want to continue to supply wool to the premium market, especially NZ...

LU offering scholarships for farm advisers

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Oct 30, 20231 min read

LU offering scholarships for farm advisers

Lincoln University will offer scholarships to students studying agriculture and horticulture to help boost the number of advisers...

Animal agriculture is causing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to raise

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Oct 30, 20231 min read

Animal agriculture is causing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to raise

Animal agriculture is causing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to raise, say numerous critics , including governments, when it comes to...

Wind powered cargo ship, fitted with giant , rigid designed sails, sets out on a maiden voyage.

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Sep 27, 20231 min read

Wind powered cargo ship, fitted with giant , rigid designed sails, sets out on a maiden voyage.

Wind powered cargo ship, fitted with giant , rigid designed sails, sets out on a maiden voyage. Shipping firm Cargill, which has...

Turmoil in Australian rural industry, hard season accentuating global red meat price fall

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Sep 27, 20231 min read

Turmoil in Australian rural industry, hard season accentuating global red meat price fall

Turmoil in Australian rural industry, hard season accentuating global red meat price fall. Will this effect NZ livestock farmers. Sheep...

Scientists make ‘significant’ breakthrough in EV battery production

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Sep 27, 20231 min read

Scientists make ‘significant’ breakthrough in EV battery production

Scientists make ‘significant’ breakthrough in EV battery production: ‘great potential for future energy storage’, The breakthrough...

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