NZ farming still top despite undercurrents testing resilience
OPINION: Major sources of frustration for sector but NZ still most efficient producer of protein in the world.
Headwinds facing New Zealand’s most critical sector include rising costs and market and regulatory uncertainties.
Hayden DillonSat, 28 Jan 2023
Perhaps HMS Bounty's Captain Bligh’s famously sarcastic line ‘the beatings will continue until morale improves’ best summed up the mood of New Zealand’s weary agribusiness sector at Fieldays this year. That’s because farmers have choppy waters ahead of them in 2023.
Despite some good
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