Letter to the Editor
I read with interest an article in Southern Rural Life on February 12 about Pāmu planning to increase the mixed-age hind herd on southern farms.
Rural life
MIA scholarship to help fund degree
MIA scholarship to help fund degree
Dunedin student Georgia Te Raki is among the latest recipients of the Meat Industry Association scholarship programme.
Sale not dampened by wet spring
Sale not dampened by wet spring
A lengthy delay to making silage in Southland is over for a sheep farmer playing "catch-up" following a wet spring.
Beefy bids
Beefy bids
Livestock agents spot bids at the second day of the Southern Man Cattle Sale at Lorneville Saleyard, near Invercargill, on Friday last week.
Probe identifies meat eating quality
Probe identifies meat eating quality
Prime beef carcasses have a new stop on a chain at Alliance Group’s Mataura processing plant.
Farmers await forecast profits amid tariffs
Farmers await forecast profits amid tariffs
Sheep and beef farmers are only half chuffed as they wait for an international trade war to play out on an expected turnaround in farmgate profits from higher export prices.
Confidence lifting demand at sheep sales
Confidence lifting demand at sheep sales
Rising confidence in the sheep sector is boosting demand at ewe and lamb sales in the South.
West Otago pulls farmers back south
West Otago pulls farmers back south
After more than 20 years, Canterbury couple Jason and Tracey McDonald are returning to farm in the South after buying a sheep and beef property in West Otago.
Focusing on the future after sale
Focusing on the future after sale
The Robinson family is ending a nearly 70-year tenure in West Otago.
Teaser rams lift hogget lambing
Teaser rams lift hogget lambing
Teaser rams are more effective for producing more lambs from hoggets rather than ewes, a Dunedin scientist says.
Deer herd sizes to get boost on Pamu’s southern farms
Deer herd sizes to get boost on Pamu’s southern farms
Pāmu is aiming to increase its deer numbers in the South.
Back to the focus groups
Back to the focus groups
Shawn McAvinue spends five minutes with Beef + Lamb New Zealand Otago extension manager Dean Sinnamon, of Oturehua.
Mataura chilled beef to China
Mataura chilled beef to China
A Southland meat plant has been certified to process and export chilled beef to China.
Bids flying high for shedding ram
Bids flying high for shedding ram
A ‘‘classy’’ shedding ram sparked a nearly $25,000 bidding war in Gore. Enfield Genetics and Willowglen Farms held their 4th annual Southern Shedding Sheep Sale at Gore A&P Showgrounds last week.
Sale going ahead after prices improve
Sale going ahead after prices improve
The delay of a sheep dispersal sale in North Otago is nearly over as prices improve for lambs and ewes in the South.
Perendale ram sells for $19,000 at Gore fair
Perendale ram sells for $19,000 at Gore fair
A Perendale ram topped last week’s Gore ram fair, selling for $19,000.
Feral pigs and dry months spur on-farm lamb sales
Feral pigs and dry months spur on-farm lamb sales
Feral pigs eating livestock and drier months ahead spurred decisions to host inaugural on-farm lamb sales on two stations in rural Dunedin.
Beef snacks tipped for export gains
Beef snacks tipped for export gains
Growing a bobby calf for 10 months rather than sending it to the meatworks a few days after it is born can help New Zealand double its exports, address animal welfare concerns and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Hyslop back in board role
Hyslop back in board role
Central South Island farmer director Nicky Hyslop was re-elected unopposed for a seat around the board table of Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ).
'Emotional time' as Timaru meat works closes its doors
'Emotional time' as Timaru meat works closes its doors
Alliance says it will be an "emotional time" for the 55 remaining meat workers at its Smithfield plant in Timaru today, as it prepares to shut its doors after 138 years.