NZ’s largest piggery has community in mind
NZ’s largest piggery has community in mind
Nearly 100,000 pigs are raised each year at the nation’s largest piggery in North Canterbury, Tim Cronshaw writes.
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Meatworker hazards subject of uni study
Meatworker hazards subject of uni study
A study has been launched to investigate the workplace hazards meatworkers face in the South.
NZ’s largest piggery has community in mind
NZ’s largest piggery has community in mind
Nearly 100,000 pigs are raised each year at the nation's largest piggery in North Canterbury, writes Tim Cronshaw.
Optimism follows stock survey results
Optimism follows stock survey results
Big drops in sheep numbers have been halted, to the relief of sheep and beef farmers already more upbeat after stronger prices.
New product bites into beef market
New product bites into beef market
Little Ardroy Beef Company founder Wayne Cameron is about to put his Beef Bites on supermarket shelves after two years of testing recipes on his family.
Beef business raises the stakes
Beef business raises the stakes
A group of 10 shareholders are looking to expand Hurunui Farms’ meat sales after buying the Canterbury company.
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Tender beef targeted at busy parents
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Tender beef targeted at busy parents
Little Ardroy Beef Company founder Wayne Cameron is about to put his "Beef Bites" on supermarket shelves after two years of testing recipes on his family.
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South overrepresented in lame stats
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South overrepresented in lame stats
People sending sheep and cattle to southern meatworks have an overrepresentation in the number of fines being issued for livestock arriving lame.
Genetics tool popular
Genetics tool popular
Otago farmers have been using the nProve Beef genetics tool to make better breeding decisions and drive genetic improvement in their herds, Beef + Lamb New Zealand says.
Farmers to vote on co-op's 65% sale to overseas group
Farmers to vote on co-op's 65% sale to overseas group
Irish meat company Dawn Meats Group will take a 65% stake of Alliance Group, subject to the co-operative’s farmer-shareholders giving the deal a tick.
Lone Star farms scaling down
Lone Star farms scaling down
Nearly 15,000ha across three stations, the "heart" of a sheep and beef breeding and finishing business, is on the market in the South.
Positive outlook for beef, sheepmeat
Positive outlook for beef, sheepmeat
More mileage in record beef prices and near-record sheepmeat returns is on the cards with further highs in the marketplace likely next year.
Strategy to help counter non-tariff trade barriers
Strategy to help counter non-tariff trade barriers
The red meat industry has new evidence non-tariff trade barriers are costing it an estimated $1.5 billion every year.
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Signs meat plant may be revived
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Signs meat plant may be revived
A Gore meat processing plant that closed due to financial woes appears to have been bought back by one of its previous co-owners and there are signs of life on the property.
Trade barriers continue to cost NZ red meat industry
Trade barriers continue to cost NZ red meat industry
The red meat industry has new evidence non-tariff trade barriers are costing it an estimated $1.5 billion every year.
Finding the path to farm ownership
Finding the path to farm ownership
About 80 people attended the Beef + Lamb event "Different routes into land ownership" in Balclutha recently.
Helping next generation succeed
Helping next generation succeed
Farm owners need to help the next generation be successful, West Otago farmer Allan Richardson says.
Equity partnerships need the right people
Equity partnerships need the right people
Experience and passion overrules equity, Dunedin real estate consultant Brent Irving says.
White paper addresses succession challenge
White paper addresses succession challenge
More than $150 billion in farming assets in New Zealand will require a succession process in the next decade, Rabobank New Zealand chief executive Todd Charteris says.
Planning business details ‘essential’
Planning business details ‘essential’
Farm ownership has no right or wrong approach but everything will be great in the beginning, a rural accountant says.
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