Otago firms less confident: survey
Otago firms less confident: survey
Otago businesses appear less confident about the immediate future than they did in the previous quarter.
Neal Wallace
Prices rises put index at new high
Prices rises put index at new high
Sharp increases in the international price of logs and aluminium pushed the index which measures commodity price movements to a record last month.
Lamb carbon footprint heavy
Lamb carbon footprint heavy
Each 100gm portion of lamb meat grown in New Zealand and consumed in Britain produces the equivalent of 1.9kg of carbon dioxide (CO2), a study concludes.
Fonterra planning Darfield factory
Fonterra planning Darfield factory
Fonterra has announced plans for a multimillion-dollar milk processing factory to be built near Darfield, 45km west of Christchurch, which it expects to open for the 2012-13 milking season.
Farmers seek certainty over Fonterra plans
Farmers seek certainty over Fonterra plans
Fonterra needs to convince shareholders it will have completed its capital restructuring when it starts consultation on the third and final stage of the process this week.
Investors still needed for dairy factory
Investors still needed for dairy factory
Backers of a proposed dairy factory near Gore are running out of time to secure capital for building to be completed in time for the 2011-12 season.
Wool merchants hit back at Gattung
Wool merchants hit back at Gattung
Wool merchants have reacted angrily to comments decrying their role by Wool Partners International (WPI) chairwoman Theresa Gattung.
Store stock prices forecast to fall
Store stock prices forecast to fall
Store stock prices look set for a major correction, with many observers believing current values were inflated by plentiful grass and unrelated to prime stock prices.
Calf sale prices back by $50
Calf sale prices back by $50
Calf prices were back by as much as $50 a head at the Cromwell calf sale last week, compared with last year, but the sale was still considered strong.
Future of Botry-Zen uncertain
Future of Botry-Zen uncertain
The future of Dunedin-based Botry-Zen and the biotech company's factory remains unknown.
Consultation to begin
Consultation to begin
Fonterra will next week start consulting shareholders on the final stage of its capital restructuring, the trading of shares between farmers, amid allegations from a competitor its implementation could have trade implications.
Focus not just on New Zealand farms, investment company says
Focus not just on New Zealand farms, investment company says
The company seeking funds to invest in farms says its focus is broader than just New Zealand.
Big dry has farmers worried
Big dry has farmers worried
Otago farmers are nervously eyeing the approach of winter, with autumn feed stocks depleted by a dry, windy summer.
Foreign investors again eye NZ farms
Foreign investors again eye NZ farms
Foreign investors are once again eyeing New Zealand farms and primary processing businesses to secure future food supplies.
'No role' in future for Botry Zen
'No role' in future for Botry Zen
The board of Botry Zen, which was placed in receivership in late December, will resign this morning, saying they have no further role in the company's future.
Edinburgh takes Blis preference option
Edinburgh takes Blis preference option
Edinburgh Equity Nominee has exercised its option to subscribe to one million preference shares in Blis Technologies.
Dairy operators feel persecuted
Dairy operators feel persecuted
All Mike Lord wants from the Otago Regional Council is consistency.
Demand for wool pushes up prices
Demand for wool pushes up prices
The planets finally lined up for last week's South Island wool sale, with prices lifting for most types.
Otago farmers well-treated, ORC says
Otago farmers well-treated, ORC says
Otago dairy farmers are treated better over effluent management than their counterparts elsewhere in the country, but they are being warned that alternative rules being contemplated by the Government would be much more restrictive.
Councils' powers under fire
Councils' powers under fire
The lines splitting the regional council roles of policy maker and policeman were too blurred for Owen McShane.