Data released in January by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) shows there were 256 fewer farm sales (-46.6%) for the three months ended December 2021 than for the three months ended December 2020. Overall, there were 293 farm sales in the three months ended December 2021, compared to 361 farm sales for the three months ended November 2021 (-18.8%), and 549 farm sales for the three months ended December 2020.
Topics: Rural & Lifestyle Properties
A migrant from the Philippines who won the national Farm Manager of the Year title for 2021 nearly chucked it all in before landing his dream role. But Christopher Vila is a believer in destiny.
Christopher Vila and wife Jonah with their young daughter
Topics: Rural & Lifestyle Properties, rural
Topics: Rural & Lifestyle Properties, Immigration, dairy farm, rural
Substantial increases in the sale of farm equipment this year have reflected a continuing catch-up in on-farm vehicle investment as farmers look again to the future…but there’s a warning of an ongoing sting in the tail.
Topics: Rural & Lifestyle Properties
If you are the owner of a lifestyle block worth more than $1 million and looking to sell, you now need to be aware of a new law known as the ‘Purchase Price Allocation Rules’.
Topics: Rural & Lifestyle Properties
News of a review of New Zealand’s immigration policy has some in the primary sector a little nervous.
Topics: Rural & Lifestyle Properties, Immigration
There’s many a weary farmer out there wishing their cows could get themselves from the paddock to the milking shed.
Topics: Rural & Lifestyle Properties
REINZ data released in January 2021 show that 1,462 farms were sold in the year to December 2020, 15.6% more than were sold in the year to December 2019, with 26.2% more Dairy farms, 9.6% less Grazing farms, 32.0% more Finishing farms and 23.8% less Arable farms sold over the same period.
Topics: Rural & Lifestyle Properties, REINZ, climate
The recently released Climate Change Commission Report highlighted that under current government policies, New Zealand will not achieve the Government’s target of being Zero Carbon by 2050.
Topics: Rural & Lifestyle Properties, climate, livestock
