"Bloody awesome." That was Wakatipu Basin farmer and businessman Mike Smith’s reaction to selling an Angus bull for $81,000 at the Kincardine Angus on-farm sale this week.
A former Southland meat works employee who claimed a co-worker sexually harassed her when he tapped her on the backside with a bucket has been awarded $8000 compensation.
New Zealand’s sheep and beef sector has used a mix of collaboration, ingenuity and innovation to survive and thrive through a period of volatile political, cultural and economic uncertainty, a new...
Southern Lamb Investments shareholder Andrew Lowe has agreed to pay the difference between the price he paid for shares in Blue Sky Meats prior to a $34.6m takeover offer.
The meat processing industry — which has been hammered by a worker shortage — says the additional 500 workers that will be allowed in from overseas will help ease the chronic situation.
The "very tricky patch" for sheep and beef farmers is set to continue in the short term, with Covid-19 at its heart, Westpac senior agri-economist Nathan Penny says.
Current strong export returns for New Zealand red meat face pressure in the coming months due to labour shortages and supply chain disruption, says the Meat Industry Association.
Silver Fern Farms Ltd has increased its net profit after-tax by more than 50%, a "very pleasing" result given the current disrupted environment, chief executive Simon Limmer says.