He ponders the December Situation and Outlook for the Primary Industries (SOPI), the Half-Year Economic and Fiscal Update (HYEFU), a surprise Christmas dinner guest and his Ag Person of the Year.
Miles Hurrell:
Fonterra’s chief executive comments on another disappointing Global Dairy Trade Auction overnight, down 4.4%, the ninth drop in a row.
Is a payout beginning with an “8″ now on the cards?
Jane Smith:
North Otago farmer, award-winning environmentalist and Groundswell poster child – or is she?
Today, she has Ikea, carbon farming and wind turbines in her sights.
Plus, we get her Ag Person of the Year.
Hunter McGregor:
Our Shanghai-based correspondent finds some long-awaited “green shoots” in the Chinese economy and goes one better in his Ag Person of the Year.
He has his Ag Industry in China Awards!
Jim Hopkins:
Our long-standing rural raconteur chips in with his Ag Person of the Year.
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