Business
Rural insurance market insights
An online survey of 518 people was conducted between December 2023 and January 2024 with those who work or live on farms to understand their insurance needs, perceptions and behaviours.
Insurance premiums surge as global risk rises and inflation bites
No farm business would have missed the significant increase in the cost of insurance in the past year. Tony Leggett investigates what’s behind the increase and the options for reducing the cost in the future.
Confidence high for Aussie dairy farmers
Dairy processors have been under pressure with more competition for domestic milk and a changing landscape with Australia becoming an increasingly attractive import market. Words Steve Spencer & Joanne Mills.
Milk Growth Slows, But Consumers Remain Cautious
The world of dairy has a peculiar dynamic that many other commodity markets are without – a very prolonged response time to demand signals – namely the time lag between market signals and the ability to increase or reduce milk supply. Words Stu Davison.
The ever-continuing grapple with price volatility
Early forecasts for the season have been conservative alongside a rising breakeven Farmgate price. Words Rosalind Crickett.
The rise of alternative proteins
Daisy Lab has made headlines recently with the company getting the green light to upscale its precision fermentation process in NZ, which uses genetically modified yeast to produce dairy proteins. So what is the future for alternative proteins? Words Delwyn Dickey.
Fixing a future
Nearly a quarter of New Zealand milk is being managed via milk hedging tools, with more dairy farmers and processors looking to manage their risk profile. In a volatile world where milk price, milk production and onfarm costs are fluid, should farmers be locking in more of their business portfolio and if so, what tools are best suited to your farm? Words Sheryl Haitana.
New Zealand Dairy Industry’s Continued Resilience
El Niño didn’t hit like expected which has seen NZ milk production stay steady with strong demand for our product.
Words Rosalind Crickett
Cashing in on natural capital
Investors in major global funds are demanding that their investment is made into the reversal of the depletion of natural capital around the world. How can New Zealand farmers, who have higher levels of soil fertility and soil carbon stocks than other countries, cash in on this trend? By Sarah Perriam-Lampp.
The veal deal
Where others saw the issue of bobby calves in the dairy industry as a serious issue, Alan McDermont and Julia Galway saw an opportunity: to produce world class pasture-raised veal that everyone could enjoy.