A robust start to the year across financial and commodity markets the USD excepted:
It has been a fairly busy first 2 weeks in global markets featuring robust equity and commodity market performances and significant USD weakness.
In a sense the latter is the more important factor for the NZ rural community with offsetting impacts.
A $13 million investment into orchards growing the niche export apple brand RockitTM, has been oversubscribed.
Grant Payton
Karen Richardson