ALTERNATIVE VIEW: Let’s talk about rural mental health
There's a fundraising debate about to be held in Taranaki organised by the Taranaki Rural Support Trust chair Mike Green.
Alliance beefs up its quota share
The latest United States beef and veal quota allocations show Alliance is on its way to being a genuine beef player, chairman Murray Taggart says.
Some wool defies trend second time around
Wool was mostly cheaper at Thursday’s Napier auction though some lines passed-in at previous sales was re-offered and achieved better money.
Chilled meat stays on to-do list
New Zealand’s market commitment and supply of beef and lamb to China is highly regarded there but that does not mean an early expansion to the access for chilled products.
A2 sales, margin-lift boosts shares
A2 milk shares raced higher on news of continued strong revenue growth and operating margins ahead of earlier guidance.
Dimity’s day in the Angus ring
Jane Jenkins was all smiles after her Floridale Dimity won best Angus cow with a calf at foot and then the champion senior female award at the New Zealand Agricultural Show on Wednesday.
Show-day live auction pays off again for fine wool growers
Buyers used the tail end of the fine wool auction season to bid prices sharply higher at the live auction at the New Zealand Agricultural Show in Christchurch on Thursday.
11 lambs in four years, no trouble
One lamb first time up in 2016 then triplets, triplets and quadruplets.
That’s the lambing record of Neville Moorhead’s bonny Southdown stud ewe.
Ida Valley wool makes good show
Fine wool prices might be below last year’s levels but they still made the sale screen at the New Zealand Agricultural Show in Christchurch good viewing for Central Otago farmer Jock McNally.
Spurned wool bales cost heaps
About 900 bales of wool rejected for scouring in one day had a full market value of $600,000, National Council of Wool Interests chairman John Dawson says.