Impressive gains put NZ ag exports hot on Australia's heels

Andrew Marshall
June 21 2018 - 7:00am
New Zealand Primary Industries Minister, Damien O’Connor.
New Zealand Primary Industries Minister, Damien O’Connor.

Rebounding global dairy and meat markets and a record timber harvest have played a big role in lifting New Zealand’s expected primary production export earnings to almost $40 billion (NZ$42.6b) for the 2017-18 year.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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