Dairy Exporter May/June 2023

Profile: John Perrin was a Lincoln graduate who saw an opportunity to create a consultancy profession to help Rotorua Maori Trusts diversify.

March saw export dairy markets pared back after gains in January and February, Alex Winning reports.

Fresh from ditching membership of the European Union, Britain has joined the Pacific trade group CPTPP. By Tim Price.

Evolution and revolution have played their part in Southern Dairy Hub’s wintering. By Louise Cook.

Cyclone Gabrielle put a spanner in the works for research on the Northland Agricultural Research Farm. By Delwyn Dickey.

Changing the job is likely to be an important factor in attracting and retaining staff, Anne Lee writes.

A two-day agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) conference held in Wellington just days after Cyclone Gabrielle started out with the grim facts on climate change, but ended with a level of optimism and energy for finding solutions and doing the right thing. Anne Lee reports.

David and Lesley Jensen run dairying, kiwifruit and avocado operations near Tauranga and say the area is well-suited to this mixed type of venture.

Realising the potential benefits of gene editing technology in New Zealand has been given a boost this year with a government-backed reference report setting a case for a national discussion to amend legislation preventing its use.

New Zealand’s workforce is shrinking - and there’s no way that will change, a leading economists says. Anne Lee reports.