Stag fetches $135K at annual sale
The first stag on offer at Netherdale Red Deer Stud’s annual elite sale at Balfour this week lived up to its sale-opening billing, fetching a whopping $135,000.
Farming
Waitane plant named meat company’s site of the year in awards
Waitane plant named meat company’s site of the year in awards
Silver Fern Farms’ Waitane plant, at Gore, has been named overall winner in the company’s annual site awards.
New Alliance board independent director
New Alliance board independent director
Ballance Agri-Nutrients chief executive Mark Wynne (pictured) has been appointed as an independent director on Alliance Group’s board.
Government ‘tone deaf’ to meat industry’s needs
Government ‘tone deaf’ to meat industry’s needs
The Meat Industry Association has lambasted what is understood to be the approval of just 15 long-term critical worker visas for halal butchers, saying it shows the Govt is "tone deaf to the needs of business".
Station sticking with venison
Station sticking with venison
As venison prices remain depressed, a Northern Southland station is sticking to its guns, targeting high 12-month growth rates for its deer.
Sheepmeat ‘standout performer’, exports show
Sheepmeat ‘standout performer’, exports show
The annual value of New Zealand’s red meat sector exports was up 27% in October this year compared with the previous corresponding period, the Meat Industry Association says.
Two hospitalised after ammonia leak at freezing works
Two hospitalised after ammonia leak at freezing works
Two people have been taken to hospital after an ammonia leak at a freezing works in Pukeuri, north of Oamaru, last night.
High beef prices expected to hold
High beef prices expected to hold
High beef prices show no sign of slowing as cattle numbers come under pressure globally.
Deer venture enters new territory
Deer venture enters new territory
"We live it. We love it."
Farmers face delays in getting stock to the works
Farmers face delays in getting stock to the works
Farmers are facing delays in getting stock to the works as the brakes well and truly come off the cattle kill.
Carbon farming worries B+LNZ
Carbon farming worries B+LNZ
Beef + Lamb New Zealand says the growing chorus of voices against unchecked carbon farming cannot be ignored and urgent solutions are needed before more damage is done to rural communities.
Another big contract for Scott Tech
Another big contract for Scott Tech
Dunedin’s Scott Technology has signed an $18 million deal to design, build and commission an automated beef-boning system — the first of its kind in the world.
Lamb prices may lift ram demand
Lamb prices may lift ram demand
High lamb returns are hoped to boost the bidding action at the Canterbury A&P Association’s elite ram and ewe fair on Friday.
Farmers ‘kicking into gear’
Farmers ‘kicking into gear’
Spring growth is back where it’s needed for farmers counting more lambs on the ground in South Canterbury.
Bigger cattle being injured in crates
Bigger cattle being injured in crates
Cattle are getting bigger but the size of the stock crates on double-decker trucks taking them to meatworks remains the same, rubbing the skin on some of the tall beasts back to bare flesh, the...
Southdown sires
Southdown sires
Blair and Sally Robertson and their daughters Jess (19), and Stella (4) inspect the sires of rams set to feature in their 13th annual on-farm sale at Merrydowns Romney and Southdown Stud in...
Alliance Group financial performance lifts
Alliance Group financial performance lifts
Alliance Group’s improved financial performance is a ‘‘favourable result’’ after another challenging year, chairman Murray Taggart says.
Meat firms going for broke in bid to recruit workers for season
Meat firms going for broke in bid to recruit workers for season
Meat companies are pulling out all the stops to attract more workers as the industry gears up for the new season.
‘Oiling the wheels’ to help farmers
‘Oiling the wheels’ to help farmers
Rural professionals learnt the ‘‘art of facilitation’’ at a workshop in Dunedin last week.
Farmers brace for more UK attacks
Farmers brace for more UK attacks
Farmers are bracing themselves for more dirty campaigns after a British bid to unsettle shoppers with questionable claims over New Zealand food.