Union angry overseas workers brought to Southland
Alliance Group is under fire over a decision to bring in 100 overseas workers for its Southland plants.
Red Meat
Supply pressure on lamb prices
Supply pressure on lamb prices
Procurement competition is expected to continue to put some upward pressure on lamb prices this month.
Sheep industry awards dropped for year
Sheep industry awards dropped for year
A decision has been made to drop the annual Beef + Lamb New Zealand (BLNZ) Sheep Industry Awards for a year.
Beef numbers increase in South
Beef numbers increase in South
Beef numbers are up in the lower south, despite the outbreak of Mycoplasma bovis in the past 12 months.
Blue Sky Meats posts strong Q1 result
Blue Sky Meats posts strong Q1 result
Blue Sky Meats has posted its strongest first quarter result in at least a decade.
BLNZ conference offers big choice of topics
BLNZ conference offers big choice of topics
A first for the South Island, farmers will have the future in front of them at Progressive Ag.
Virgin Australia hunting for New Zealand's best meat
Virgin Australia hunting for New Zealand's best meat
Virgin Australia has taken a not-so-subtle dig at rival airline Air New Zealand by launching a campaign to find New Zealand's ``finest meat supplier''.
Support for less meat, better planet
Support for less meat, better planet
People have been up in arms about a meat-free burger recently but is a plant-based diet the way to a healthier body and planet?
Farm sales and prices fall
Farm sales and prices fall
The volume of farm sales is down, both quarterly and annually, largely due to fewer sales of arable and grazing properties, and monthly prices eased overall by 17.1% in June.
Red meat group shares knowledge
Red meat group shares knowledge
With a relatively new farming business, Dunback couple Scott and Nadine Tomlinson were keen to surround themselves with some key people.
Sheep and beef ‘in my blood’
Sheep and beef ‘in my blood’
Having been involved with two livestock disease outbreaks during his career in the primary industries, Sam McIvor has discovered one thing — the importance of industry working alongside Government.
$27k stud fetches highest price in 16 years
$27k stud fetches highest price in 16 years
A North Canterbury cattle stud has received the highest price paid for a Charolais bull in New Zealand in 16 years.
Clean sweep of beef carcass competition
Clean sweep of beef carcass competition
Evan Ferris took out the Otago/Southland Beef Carcass Competition last week, clean-sweeping with his Limousin Steers.
Red meat industry faces disruption
Red meat industry faces disruption
New Zealand's red meat industry is facing ''its biggest disruption since the 1980s''.
Drench resistance a threat: scientist
Drench resistance a threat: scientist
Triple combination drench resistance is becoming more of a threat, particularly on farming operations that finish lambs or beef under irrigation, AgResearch scientist Dr Dave Leathwick says.
Focus on native vegetation
Focus on native vegetation
Research is being undertaken to measure the carbon-sequestering potential of 1.4million hectares of native forest on New Zealand's sheep and beef farms.
Impossible burgers 'could be good for meat industry'
Impossible burgers 'could be good for meat industry'
Synthetic burgers being served up on some Air NZ flights may be good for the meat industry once people taste them, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says.
New rules for organics needed?
New rules for organics needed?
The Ministry of Primary Industries is determining if there is a need to develop regulatory standards for New Zealand's organic sector.
Tough questions about 'M. bovis' raised by farmers
Tough questions about 'M. bovis' raised by farmers
Hard questions were raised, some with no answers.
Lamb exports hit new record
Lamb exports hit new record
Lamb export values hit a new record of $369 million in May, smashing the previous high of $340 million set in February 2009, Stats NZ figures sho