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‘Research will be the first of its kind for NZ’

Now results from the first cohort of the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Genetics Beef Progeny Test have been released, researchers will begin collecting data for the next stages of the project, including...

Developments in US could affect NZ beef

Prices across all classes of cattle lifted over the past quarter in New Zealand. Photo: Gregor...

Developments in US could affect NZ beef

Developments in the United States market have the potential to impact New Zealand beef producers in the second half of the year, a new industry report says.

Beef + Lamb steps up farm plans push

Beef + Lamb steps up farm plans push

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (BLNZ) is ''on a mission'' to continuously improve its Land and Environment Plan (LEP) programme as a key part of implementing its environment strategy, which was released...

Workshops helping farmers care for land

Otago Regional Council's Bruce Monaghan, of Alexandra, takes farmers attending the Beef + Lamb...

Workshops helping farmers care for land

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (BLNZ) central South Island extension manager Laura Lake held her 11th farmer Land and Environment Plan workshop this year and intends to run another four in the region...

Sheep gene data access sharpened

Sheep gene data access sharpened

Two new projects to help sheep farmers make better breeding decisions will be launched later this year, while a third will be available next year.

Beef+Lamb NZ will proceed with levies increases

Beef + Lamb NZ's board is proceeding with a proposed increase in sheepmeat and beef levies, saying there was "clear support" from farmers.

Fed Farmers hits back over SAFE claims

The Five Star Beef feedlot is the biggest in New Zealand. Photo: Supplied by SAFE via RNZ

Fed Farmers hits back over SAFE claims

Federated Farmers is calling the animal advocacy group SAFE a group of "vegan fundamentalists" after the publication of drone footage of feedlots in South Canterbury.

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.

Supply pressure on lamb prices

A large increase is expected in lambs to be processed this year. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery.

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 cattle numbers are up in the lower south. Photo: Allied Press Files

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 has posted its strongest first quarter result in at least a decade.

BLNZ conference offers big choice of topics

Beef prices lifted marginally higher in the third quarter. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery

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 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

Debate about real and meat-free burgers is intensifying. Photo: Getty Images

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

Southern farmers went into autumn with optimism for dairy prices and export returns from beef,...

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

Nadine and Scott Tomlinson during a Red Meat Profit Partnership Action Network group meeting at...

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’

Beef and Lamb New Zealand chief executive Sam McIvor says it is a ‘‘tremendously exciting’’ time...

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

Evan Ferris, of Waikaia, looks over his winning entrant in the on-the-hoof section, far left, which was awarded the Doug Lindsay Memorial Trophy at the Charlton saleyards last week. Photos: Nicole Sharp

Clean sweep of beef carcass competition

Evan Ferris took out the Otago/Southland Beef Carcass Competition last week, clean-sweeping with his Limousin Steers.

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