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- Climate Change Commission pours reality on HWEN proposals
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- Agriculture’s greenhouse gas proposals need a reset
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- 2022 will be tumultuous for New Zealand’s primary industries
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- New twists to carbon farming
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Category Archives: China
Zespri faces a China conundrum
China is New Zealand’s biggest kiwifruit market. Growth of this market has been spectacular with the Zespri-owned SunGold variety much-loved by Chinese consumers. The problem is that the Chinese are also growing at least 4000 hectares of SunGold without the … Continue reading
Posted in Agribusiness, China, horticulture, Uncategorized
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The ongoing search for new markets – India and beyond
Finding new markets for NZ exports is challenging. Here, Keith Woodford looks at the Southern Asian countries of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, and further west to Iran In recent weeks I have been exploring opportunities for market diversification, given increasing … Continue reading
Posted in China, Market diversification
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COVID-19 scenarios are becoming increasingly evident
Despite the uncertainties, there is emerging evidence as to how COVID-19 is now likely to play out, both in New Zealand and across the globe. Identifying these scenarios is fundamental to subsequent response strategies for economic recovery There are two … Continue reading
Posted in China, COVID-19, Uncategorized
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North-East Asian markets as alternatives to China
In a recent article, I explained the ‘what, how and why’ of China becoming dominant as New Zealand’s key trading partner. Primarily, it was about the emergence in China of new consumers with increasing spending power and an increased desire … Continue reading
Posted in Agribusiness, China, Dairy, Market diversification
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Why and how did China markets become so important for New Zealand?
Keith Woodford explain how New Zealand exporters went to China because that was where the markets were. In many cases, it was the Chinese who came to us seeking our products It is just four weeks since I wrote how … Continue reading
Posted in China, Market diversification, Meat Industry
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COVID-19 and New Zealand’s agriculltural trade
Despite any attempts to diversify away from China, exports to China will be increasingly important in coming months as much of the world descends into increasing turmoil With COVID-19 now dominating all of our lives, it was easy to decide … Continue reading
Posted in Agribusiness, China, COVID-19, Dairy, Fonterra, Meat Industry
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The COVID-19 black swans keep bearing down
It’s only fifteen days since I wrote about the coronavirus black swan. In that time, both nothing and everything has changed. In that time there has been no scientific breakthrough of a treatment or vaccine. Shockingly high transmission rates in … Continue reading
Posted in Agribusiness, China, COVID-19, Dairy, forestry, Meat Industry
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COVID-19 is a black swan
COVID-19 is the black swan event that no-one saw coming. There is no precedent and so historical models tell us very little as to either the global health implications or the global economic implications. Much of the commentary we are … Continue reading
Posted in Agribusiness, China, COVID-19, Dairy, Meat Industry
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New A2 milk research provides digestive and cognitive evidence in young children
A new paper relating to A2 milk has been published this month in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (JPGN). The paper provides strong evidence from a clinical trial with pre-school children in China that A1 beta-casein relative to … Continue reading
Posted in A1 and A2 milk, China, Dairy, Uncategorized
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Decision time at Westland for Yili bid
The time has come when Westland’s dairy farmers must make their decision. Do they want to take the money and go with Chinese mega-company Yili, or do they wish to struggle on as a co-operative? We will know the answer … Continue reading
Posted in Agribusiness, China, Dairy
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