A well-known agribusiness leader pays tribute to her hard-working and entrepreneurial father-in-law, Allan Pye, the “Spud King”, who passed away at 83 on Saturday. Pye left school at 14, leased two acres of land and started growing potatoes. His family farming business is now estimated to be worth one billion dollars.
Mike McIntyre:
Live from the NZX trading floor we catch up with Jarden’s head of derivatives to reflect on yet another disappointing GDT auction (down 2.8 per cent, WMP -4.2 per cent, SMP -4.8 per cent). Plus, we look at where the futures markets are currently sitting and how today’s carbon auction went.
Sam McIvor:
The chief executive of Beef + Lamb NZ is disappointed, but accepting, of the low (12.73 per cent) voter return from farmers at yesterday’s AGM in Nelson, saying sheep and beef farmers have a lot on their plate just keeping their businesses running at the moment. However, farmers did manage to vote down, by two to one, the contentious pay rise for directors and the chair, Kate Acland.
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