The Te Puke kiwifruit grower is marooned on the No.4 Road after a bridge washout has left up to 30 farmers without commercial access.
James Kilmister:
The Hunterville sheep farmer estimates the financial breakeven point for his crossbred wool clip is between $4 and $5/kg. This year he will get about $1/kg for his 30,000kg – and face writing out a cheque for $25,000 to cover his shearing costs. Ideally, he believes the wool should be fetching $10/kg. If prices remain this low, he fears that in two to three years there will not be a wool industry left, given the costs of production and the competition from forestry and carbon farming.
Kit Arkwright:
Following on from Australia’s highly-successful promotion of lamb on Australia Day, the chief executive of Beef + Lamb NZ says we have a National Lamb Day too. But when is it?
Justin Sherrard:
We catch up with Rabobank’s global sector strategist for animal proteins at the US National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Annual Convention in New Orleans.
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