Meat processing plant sold
A meat works in Gore, previously home to a Japanese Wagyu beef operation which went into liquidation late last year, has been sold.
Rural life
Animal health focus of B+LNZ event
Animal health focus of B+LNZ event
Farmers flocked to a sheep and beef farm in Northern Southland to get to know their enemies better.
Call for one farmer advocacy group
Call for one farmer advocacy group
A call has been made for a single industry group to advocate on behalf of all farmers to create "one strong voice".
Renewed focus after second full-year loss
Renewed focus after second full-year loss
Silver Fern Farms Ltd chief executive Dan Boulton says a second consecutive full-year loss of more than $20 million is disappointing.
Red meat exports rise 25% amid recovery
Red meat exports rise 25% amid recovery
New Zealand’s red meat exports hit $1.1 billion in February — a 25% increase compared with the same month last year.
Aims outlined at B+LNZ field day
Aims outlined at B+LNZ field day
The aspirations of new Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief executive Alan Thomson and Jeff Farm general manager Michael Benton range from running the best industry group in the world to reducing lamb...
B+LNZ chief keen to lift low profit margins
B+LNZ chief keen to lift low profit margins
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.
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.
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.