Another year, another new set of challenges facing farmingSupplied The new year will bring new challenges for farmers, Waikato Federated Farmers president Chris Lewis says. Federated Farmers is doing the same in preparation for the challenges of the coming year. That's why words such as 'volatility' and 'challenges' are commonly used to describe the issues facing farming. For the drystock industry, meat prices have been strong as of late but have dropped a little recently. Chris Lewis is Federated Farmers Waikato president- Stuff

Source: Stuff January 13, 2017 02:31 UTC