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‘Highland View’ reaches new heights
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 10:07 am | Rabobank
Personal and business performance benchmarking has unlocked the key to success for Hawke’s Bay farmer Mark Watson of ‘Highland View’ – winner of Rabobank’s prestigious 2011 Farm Managers Program business development award. More >>
Rabobank Dairy Quarterly June 2011
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 12:26 pm | Rabobank
International dairy commodity prices continued to trade at extremely high levels through Q2 2011. • Pricing was sustained early in the quarter by vigorous buying from China and Russia, which soaked up extremely strong supply growth in milk surplus ... More >>
More than ‘meats’ the eye
Monday, 20 June 2011, 2:03 pm | Rabobank
Exports of red meat ‘co-products’ – such as edible offals, casings, pelts and rendered products, tallows and meat meal – offer increasingly important market diversity for New Zealand agriculture and in 2010 contributed $1 billion to the country’s ... More >>
Rabobank Agribusiness Review June 2011
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 4:51 pm | Rabobank
Key highlights: This May was the warmest on record in New Zealand, with some regions experiencing wet and others dry conditions. The seasonal outlook is generally for warm conditions with average soil moisture levels. Australia had a cool, dry month ... More >>
Report -The Squeeze is on: the future of orange juice prices
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 3:07 pm | Rabobank
The attached report examines price and structural developments in the major orange-juice producing regions of Florida and Sao Paolo and looks at regions which could emerge as competitors. Key points in the report include: More >>
Last call for applications: Farm business management program
Monday, 23 May 2011, 1:26 pm | Rabobank
Applications are to close at the end of this month for this year’s Rabobank Executive Development Program, New Zealand and Australia’s leading agricultural business management course. Now in its twelfth year, the prestigious Rabobank program offers ... More >>
Agribusiness Review
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 1:29 pm | Rabobank
Agribusiness Review May 2011 Please find attached Rabobank’s latest monthly Agribusiness Review for New Zealand and Australia . Prepared by the bank’s Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory division (FAR), the report provides monthly commentary on New ... More >>
NZ farmer confidence high on strong commodities
Friday, 15 April 2011, 11:11 am | Rabobank
Farmer confidence has risen for the first time in more than 12 months and is now at its highest level since August 2008. • Rising commodity prices and improving global markets are the main factors driving confidence. • Sentiment has improved ... More >>
Public confidence in finance sector drops
Thursday, 14 April 2011, 1:56 pm | Rabobank
The latest RaboDirect Financial Confidence Index (FCI), released today, shows that public confidence in New Zealand’s financial service providers to help them grow and protect their wealth has dipped sharply. More >>
Rabobank report: Japan Earthquake - Magnitude of Impact
Monday, 11 April 2011, 1:56 pm | Rabobank
Although the full impact of the Japan earthquake and tsunami remains unknown, the effect on Japan’s food and agriculture industry could be dire and felt far beyond Japan’s borders, say Rabobank analysts. More >>
Rabobank NZ and Australia Agribusiness Review April 2011
Friday, 8 April 2011, 2:10 pm | Rabobank
The past month brought rainfall to many parts of New Zealand, and the three-month outlook is for average rainfall in most areas, and above average temperatures. Australia has just experienced its wettest March on record, and the outlook in New South Wales ... More >>
Private Label vs Brands - An Inseparable Combination
Friday, 25 March 2011, 1:05 pm | Rabobank
A new global research report 'Private label vs. Brands - an inseparable combination' from Rabobank's Food and Agri Research division (FAR) shows that • The global market share of private/own label food products is set to double from the current 25 percent ... More >>
Rabobank Dairy Quarterly
Monday, 21 March 2011, 3:45 pm | Rabobank
• International dairy commodity prices rose sharply through most of Q1 2011, before a sudden contraction wiped off around half the gains in mid-March. More >>
Farm Managers Program opens
Monday, 21 March 2011, 12:42 pm | Rabobank
Media Release March 21, 2011 1 Road map for young farmers to improve – Farm Managers Program opens More >>
Rabobank Aus and NZ Agribusiness Review March 2011
Friday, 11 March 2011, 12:52 pm | Rabobank
February was generally wet in Australia, although this pattern appears set to change with a return to average conditions expected as the La Niña conditions start to breakdown in autumn. February was dry and hot in New Zealand’s North Island and ... More >>
Business management skills ‘essential ingredient’
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 1:29 pm | Rabobank
Media Release March 1, 2011 1 Business management skills ‘essential ingredient’ in turning positive agricultural outlook into profit – agricultural banker More >>
Rabobank announcement on support for Canterbury Quake Appeal
Wednesday, 23 February 2011, 2:49 pm | Rabobank
Rabobank New Zealand will donate $100,000 to assist with relief and recovery from yesterday’s devastating earthquake in Christchurch. Rabobank general manager New Zealand Ben Russell said the bank was donating the funds to the Salvation Army Canterbury ... More >>
Rabobank report explains necessities for ETS success
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 10:49 am | Rabobank
Understanding the workings of the emissions trading scheme (ETS) and engaging effectively in the policy process are among the keys to successful management of the ETS by New Zealand’s food and agribusiness sector, according to a new industry report. In ... More >>
New specialist agriculture analysts for Rabobank
Monday, 14 February 2011, 11:40 am | Rabobank
Rabobank Australia & New Zealand has appointed two new specialist analysts – Rebecca Redmond and Michael Harvey – to join its Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory (FAR) division. Dedicated to analysing developments in food and agricultural markets ... More >>
Rabobank NZ & AUS Agribusiness Review February 2011
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 3:14 pm | Rabobank
Extreme events have dominated the weather in Australia, especially flooding along the east coast and Tropical Cyclone Yasi in far north Queensland. La Niña conditions are set to prevail through into the autumn, with above-average chances of exceeding ... More >>