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Three key dairy issues
13 Dec 18, 9:07am
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Guy Trafford reviews Fonterra's fixed milk price plan, Fed Farmers banking survey, and Simon Upton's critique of Overseer
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Producing paperwork
12 Dec 18, 11:45am
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Guy Trafford solves the riddle of why farmer confidence is low when prices are high. The cost of increased box-ticking makes the future of smaller family farms less viable
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Dairy market updates
6 Dec 18, 10:14am
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Guy Trafford reviews the latest auction and milk payout changes, Westland's restructure update, M bovis eradication costs
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Rising productivity masks decline
5 Dec 18, 4:38pm
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Guy Trafford reviews the latest changes in the national sheep flock in the face of peak dairy. Warren Parker get the Landcorp gig
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'Biased scaremongering'
29 Nov 18, 10:36am
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Guy Trafford reviews the latest claims on Canterbury water quality by Fish & Game and finds misrepresented sources, misquoted facts, and no transparency around samples selected. Fish & Game respond
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Where will future investment come from?
27 Nov 18, 11:06am
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Suppliers do well, investors not so, raising questions about the sustainability of the co-operative model as its customers and markets change fast. Brexit update. Market reports
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a2 Milk continues to shine
22 Nov 18, 9:43am
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Guy Trafford reviews the challenges the dairy industry faces, noting a2 Milk successes stand out even as production rises and prices fall for most others
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Misrepresenting lab-grown foods
21 Nov 18, 8:48am
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Regulators ignore claims of 'meat' and 'milk' by products that are constructed in a chemistry lab. Double-standard advertising features rural roots. Meanwhile urban voters suppress safe farming technology options
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A bob each way?
16 Nov 18, 9:19am
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Online dairy sales gets some exposure from China and a glimpse of the value opportunities compared with the volume strategies of the past. MPI stubs its toe over MPB again
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Saleyard spoilers
15 Nov 18, 10:03am
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The higher dollar is resulting in lower prices except for lamb and mutton. Saleyard demand continues to underpin prices, and undermine company efforts to relay end-market signals to producers
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Fonterra on the defensive
8 Nov 18, 9:03am
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Fonterra is under attack from all sides, and now from within, as it grapples with issues that date back to 2001. These restraints allow its competitors to pick away at its good bits. China holds a tariff lever over NZ policymakers
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Reducing nitrogen leaching
7 Nov 18, 9:06am
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The push is on to adopt rules for a maximum residual level for a range of benign compounds in food products. That progress will open up new ways to control greenhouse gasses from agriculture
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Fonterra board election results
6 Nov 18, 8:20pm
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Shareholders make choices somewhat different to the candidates put forward by the Fonterra Board, and a further election will be needed for the final position
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Dairy market updates
1 Nov 18, 4:09pm
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a2 Milk faces US challenges on claimed benefits, CPTPP benefits to start soon, huge new Canterbury dairy expansion
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The methane challenge
31 Oct 18, 8:43am
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Guy Trafford summarises the debate around how we should deal with methane emissions, and introduces you to the global regulation of SLCPs
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Lessons from Wisconsin
25 Oct 18, 10:54am
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Guy Trafford assesses the mess the US dairy industry is in from the recent unintended consequences of bad trade policies. He also reviews Canterbury dairy farm sales activity
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The big biosecurity challenges
24 Oct 18, 10:34am
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Guy Trafford looks at our current struggle with mycoplasma bovis and compares that with how others have tackled other major animal disease outbreaks
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Dairy prices and MPB updates
18 Oct 18, 8:43am
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Guy Trafford reviews the latest dairy price signals and updates the mycoplasma bovis situation
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Fads running out of steam. Prices soften
17 Oct 18, 11:41am
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Politicised fads don't sway EPA's science. Consumer localism fads don't support real farmers. Prices retreat for livestock although to still-healthy levels
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Better returns from better market signals
10 Oct 18, 10:32am
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Shifting from commodity production styles to meeting targeted consumer demand will require big shifts and a wider view of what the market really is, says Guy Trafford
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