A southern cattle breeder is looking forward to data from the second half of a programme designed to give farmers the genetic tools to grow great-tasting beef and drive production efficiency.
A rising middle class in China are eating less red meat from New Zealand as unemployment bites but demand remains strong in the United States , Beef +Lamb New Zealand chief executive Sam McIvor says.
Central South Island farmers are keeping a weather eye on El Nino as eastern and inland districts enter the summer dry phase. Niwa’s latest seasonal climate ...
Mid Canterbury sheep farmers are knuckling down during low lamb prices to get their ewe flocks in good condition for hopefully improved returns next season.
Silver Fern Farms’ chief supply chain officer Dan Boulton has been appointed to the meat company’s top job, and will take over as chief executive next year.