Two weeks on from our last chat we revisit a flood-ravaged Putorino farmer and contractor. And he says progress is slow.
Emma Higgins:
Rabobank’s senior ag analyst explains the rationale for the bank lowering the New Zealand milk price forecast to $8-50 (from $9-00). However, she says there is some upside risk to the forecast with China reopening for business.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth:
One of New Zealand’s leading farming academics has written an excellent column on the merits of adaptation versus mitigation to fight climate change, despite James Shaw saying the former is a poor cousin to the latter.
Todd Clark:
Our US farming correspondent talks about the late arrival of spring, the state of the American banking system and meeting his first American President in person, George W Bush.
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