Beef prices rebounded 12 per cent in December, propelled by greater opportunities in the lucrative European market and a consumer shift from steak to burgers, according to www.stuff.co.nz.
China has once again condemned the United States' unilateral sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic of Iran, saying the US is seeking to internationalize its unilateral sanctions, according to www.presstv.ir.
Shippers have been told not to lose sleep over the recent, short-lived jump in spot freight rates but to focus instead on ways to mitigate the risk of a sudden capacity crunch later in the year, according to analyst Drewry Maritime Research.
Standard & Poor's mass ratings downgrade of euro zone members today is not good news for NZ which is seen struggling to sell to the region as the NZ dollar rises.
More than 93,000 tonnes of potatoes were exported this year, about two-thirds of them processed as frozen products and the rest as fresh produce, according to Radio NZ.
Kiwifruit Vine Health, the organisation charged with helping the industry overcome the vine killing disease Psa-V has said that "Gold 16A almost definitely does not have a future in the Psa-V environment and this cultivar will need to be eventually replaced".
American citrus growers in California are able to monitor and remotely control temperatures affecting their groves using modern software, according to FreshPlaza.com.
Maersk Line, the world's largest container shipping line, operating in conjunction with Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad (MISC), has announced plans to relocate their Southern Star service to Port of Tauranga.
Marks & Spencer is to be the first retailer to sell the seedless pepper, which has been created as the result of a 15 year project with Melrow salads and seed house Syngenta, according to Fresh Plaza.com citing a Daily Mail report.
The beleaguered Indian government has been forced to suspend its decision to allow international supermarkets to invest in India's £300 billion retail market in the face of political opposition, according to The Guardian.
The Ports of Auckland has estimated the value of all trade and goods disrupted in this weekend's four-day stoppage on the Auckland waterfront totals $300 million.
New Zealand's dairy cow population is growing faster than the human population for the first time, according to Business Day, citing figure from the latest DairyNZ and Livestock Improvement Corporation figures.
The volume of trade between Arab countries and China amounted to US$142.6 billion in the first nine months of this year, according to ArabianBusiness.com.
Entertainment giant Walt Disney is in the UAE to share its global food strategy of using its name and Disney characters on child-focused products that meet specific nutritional criteria, including limits on calories, fat and sugar, according to TradeArabia.com.
The relentless rise of the yen is posing a major headache for most of the ‘Made in Japan' technology brands, making these products expensive in export markets according to GulfNews.com.
South Island icecream maker Deep South is scooping up market share in the North Island – and also in Australia, Japan and China, according to BusinessDay.
New Zealand’s sawn timber exports to China have been ‘hammered’, while raw log shipments surged in the wake of Beijing’s efforts to cool the economy and amid increased sales by rival forestry nations such as Canada, according to Scoop.co.nz.
