Beef breeders to get a taste of an ideal whitebait habitat
It will be a variation on "surf and turf" for visitors to Colin Phillips’ Fern Hill Limousin Stud at Tuatapere this month.
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Red meat export value up for 2020
Red meat export value up for 2020
New Zealand’s red meat sector exported $9.2billion worth of products during 2020, an increase of 1% on the previous year, analysis by the Meat Industry Association shows.
Red meat exports up
Red meat exports up
New Zealand’s red meat sector exported $9.2billion worth of products during 2020, 1% more than the previous year, analysis by the Meat Industry Association shows.
Weather sets back hogget trial
Weather sets back hogget trial
The Red Meat Profit Partnership’s (RMPP) three-year trial to improve hogget lambing to 150% has had a weather-related set back.
Alliance Group to repay wage subsidy in full
Alliance Group to repay wage subsidy in full
Invercargill-based Alliance Group has chosen to return the balance of the Covid-19 wage subsidy to the Government.
Red meat industry’s problems researched
Red meat industry’s problems researched
A change of direction is needed urgently if the future of New Zealand’s red meat industry is to be salvaged, a researcher warns.
Otago leads trend to larger lamb crop
Otago leads trend to larger lamb crop
Otago has been the major driver of a lift in lambs born in the South Island this year, with the region recording a 3.9% increase in total lamb crop.
Red meat exports down
Red meat exports down
The value of New Zealand red meat exports dropped by 18% in October compared to a year earlier, analysis by the Meat Industry Association shows.
‘Meat the Need’ way for farmers to help most vulnerable
‘Meat the Need’ way for farmers to help most vulnerable
Farmers feed people.
Four goals in new strategy for NZ red meat industry
Four goals in new strategy for NZ red meat industry
A new strategy has been launched by New Zealand’s red meat industry, setting four goals for the sector to achieve by 2030.
Beef, lamb prices expected to fall
Beef, lamb prices expected to fall
Reduced global demand for higher-value beef and lamb cuts in the year ahead will reduce New Zealand farm-gate prices for beef and sheepmeat from the record highs experienced over recent seasons, a...
Concerns raised over timing of Alliance plant upgrades
Concerns raised over timing of Alliance plant upgrades
A chicken and egg situation. That is how one commissioner described proposed upgrades to a Southland meat processor discussed at a consent hearing in Invercargill yesterday.
Decision on pay affects Alliance
Decision on pay affects Alliance
Alliance Group’s annual result includes a $19.9million provision for back-paying employees for the time spent putting on and removing work-related protective gear and clothing.
Farrow crate use ‘saves piglet lives’
Farrow crate use ‘saves piglet lives’
Former New Zealand Pork chairman Ian Carter is saddened by a High Court ruling that the use of farrowing crates is unlawful, saying they save "millions" of piglets globally every year.
China claims virus found on NZ frozen meat, Ardern says 'not our beef'
China claims virus found on NZ frozen meat, Ardern says 'not our beef'
Authorities from the Chinese city of Jinan say they have found traces of Covid-19 on beef, tripe and packaging from New Zealand and a handful of other countries, Reuters reported.
Alliance water consent draws opposition
Alliance water consent draws opposition
Alliance Group’s application to renew a series of consents, including its permit to release treated wastewater from its Mataura processing plant into the Mataura River, has drawn some opposition.
Challenges of new job ‘invigorating’
Challenges of new job ‘invigorating’
Sirma Karapeeva began her new role as chief executive of the Meat Industry Association on April 9 this year — "slap bang in the middle of Covid".
Alliance weathers the year’s many challenges
Alliance weathers the year’s many challenges
It is more important than ever for Alliance Group to invest in Southland in the wake of uncertainty over the future of Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, chief executive David Surveyor says.
Cromwell sausage snags win
Cromwell sausage snags win
A Cromwell butchery has made standout snag for a summer barbecue, winning a gold medal in the Great New Zealand Sausage Competition.
Helping the meat industry nurture female talent
Helping the meat industry nurture female talent
When Ashley Gray was studying communications in Auckland, she dreamed of working for a large, "glossy" public relations agency.