Free online site for breeders revealed
Free online site for breeders revealed
Another breed group appears to be close to joining Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) new nProve Beef tool to help farmers select the best bulls for their herds.
Rural life
Positive farmgate signs for sheep and beef farmers
Positive farmgate signs for sheep and beef farmers
Sheep and beef farmers are welcoming a turnaround in farmgate profits from higher export prices as they watch an international trade war play out.
B+LNZ leader seeks farmer feedback
B+LNZ leader seeks farmer feedback
New industry body leader Alan Thompson is getting within earshot of sheep and beef farmers to see how they think their levies can lift low profit margins.
Bull tool set to gain another breed group
Bull tool set to gain another breed group
Another breed group appears to be close to joining Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) new nProve Beef tool to help farmers select the best bulls for their herds.
Letter to the Editor
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.
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.