{"id":185281,"date":"2025-12-15T19:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/185281\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T19:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:52:09","slug":"food-and-fibre-exports-set-to-reach-record-62b-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/185281\/","title":{"rendered":"Food and fibre exports set to reach record $62b next year"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Minster<\/p>\n

\nAgriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay.
\nPhoto: Nick Monro\n<\/p>\n

Food and fibre exports are set to reach a record $62 billion next year, up from the $60.4b record set this year.<\/p>\n

The data comes from the government’s latest Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries report.<\/p>\n

It showed meat and wool revenue was forecast to rise 7 percent, horticulture 5 percent, forestry 2 percent, and dairy 1 percent.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay said it was an outstanding result and showed New Zealand’s economy turning a corner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“From meat and wool to kiwifruit and cherries, our producers are remarkable. The world wants New Zealand’s high-quality, sustainable, safe food and fibre,” McClay said.<\/p>\n

“The sector is well positioned to capitalise on robust demand and strong prices, supported by good growing conditions and higher production in most areas.”<\/p>\n

Food and fibre accounts for about 83 percent of New Zealand goods exports.<\/p>\n

McClay said the government was helping by cutting red tape, driving higher producer returns, delivering tools and technology to tackle agricultural emissions, and investing in rural health.<\/p>\n

“One in every seven people work in food and fibre – a successful sector means thriving communities, a growing economy and a prosperous New Zealand.”<\/p>\n

Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero<\/a>, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay. Photo: Nick Monro Food and fibre exports are set to reach a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[48,138,47,219,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45],"class_list":["post-185281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-audio","tag-business","tag-current-affairs","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-podcasts","tag-public-radio","tag-radio-new-zealand","tag-rnz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}