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Prices of dairy products surged to the highest since June 2011 in Fonterra’s latest GlobalDairyTrade auction with the prospect of New Zealand production curtailed by drought in the North Island. The GDT-TWI Price Index rose 10.4 percent compared to the last sale two weeks ago, the biggest increase since the June 5, 2012, sale and the sixth straight gain. The …

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  Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy kicked off New Zealand’s profile-raising event in Mexico City early this morning (NZ time) with a strong pitch on what NZ has to offer Mexico’s agriculture sector and the importance of TPP to both countries. Guy – who had been up at 6am for an early morning run with NZTE’s Peter Chrisp and other keen …

Going on the Prime Minister’s Latin American swing sounds glamorous (and in some parts it is). But you have to be seriously interested in New Zealand’s push to deepen its engagement with countries like Mexico, Columbia, Chile and Brazil to sign up for a 12 day trip: 15 separate flights, seven different hotels, multiple conferences and meetings and the challenge …

The New Zealand dollar may fall in a week that will be punctuated by central bank meetings, Australian data and US non-farm payrolls, and as risk appetite abates. The kiwi recently traded at 82.11 US cents, down from 82.42 cents in late New York Trade on Friday. It will trade in a range of 80.50 cents to 83.50 cents this …

Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world’s biggest dairy exporter, is going ahead with a plan to build a cheese plant and dairy ingredient factory in the north of the Netherlands with Dutch dairy firm A-ware Food Group. The dairy companies will develop a greenfield site in Heerenveen where A-ware will operate a cheese plant and Fonterra the ingredients unit alongside, Fonterra …

Local Government Minister Chris Tremain says the passage of the Environment Canterbury (Temporary Commissioners and Improved Water Management) Amendment Bill will leave Canterbury better off. The bill passed its third reading in Parliament yesterday. “The Commissioners have done an outstanding job in turning around the situation in Canterbury over the last three years,” saysTremain. “They have been very effective in …

The New Zealand dollar is heading for a 1.2 percent weekly fall against the greenback as weaker than expected Chinese manufacturing added to a souring mood among investors looking for reasons to sell. The kiwi traded at 82.71 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 82.77 cents t 8am, down from 83.15 cents yesterday. The trade-weighted index decreased to 75.78 …

ANZ Bank announced an assistance package to help drought-affected farmers get through the Big Dry.  Parts of Northland have had their driest February since records began. This week the Government declared a state of drought in Northland, and Federated Farmers expects other regions to follow soon. “As with any serious weather event that impacts on dairy and meat production, the …