
Suz Bremner
100 posts
Suz Bremner started with AgriHQ in 2009 as a weigh-crate operator at the Stortford Lodge sale yards. She quickly progressed to agri-market analyst and then took on the role as LivestockEye operations manager in 2010. Her focus is sale yard operations and activity and she has a team of 20 that collect data at various sale yards around the country to be used to create the suite of AgriHQ reports. The Across the Rails articles started in 2016, and she also collates the photos and reports for the Sale Yard Wrap pages. Suz farms with her husband Campbell in Hawke's Bay and has two children. Outside of work, she is busy with children's sport and activities, though finds time for eventing and waterskiing, which are both passions of hers.
June 17, 2022
Storms rock the boat
The catchment of the Temuka and Stortford Lodge sale yards stretches as far as the Chatham and Pitt…
June 10, 2022
Grass-driven demand for breeding ewes
A favourable autumn that has left pasture covers high is directly related to an increase in demand for…
June 3, 2022
Autumn on-farm sale pays dividends
A change of plans for selling lambs and cattle paid dividends for Hanmer Springs farmers Hamish and Mary…
May 27, 2022
A perfect storm for cull dairy cows
The Temuka sale yards is the home of cull dairy cows and it was packed to capacity this…
May 23, 2022
Hustle and bustle at the yards
Sale yards around the country are filling up with livestock as farmers prepare for winter, but extra throughput…
March 29, 2022
Weaner fairs cancelled due to heavy rain
More than 4000 calves were set to go under the hammer at Matawhero and Wairoa this week, until the heavens opened.
October 1, 2021
ACROSS THE RAILS: Old season lamb market still firing on all cylinders
The wheel has come full circle on old season store lambs and, as they age up to hoggets, a reflection on the year’s results has put the smile back on farmer’s faces.
September 24, 2021
ACROSS THE RAILS: Many layers to strong Friesian bull market
Four years ago, M bovis shook up our beef and dairy-beef industry. It had a significant impact on the number of dairy and dairy-beef calves reared as herds had to be killed, and other young stock also suffered the same fate. The calf rearing industry was changed forever it seems and four years on the repercussions are still being seen in the lack of two-year Friesian bulls available, though that is just the tip of the iceberg.
September 10, 2021
ACROSS THE RAILS: First test for spring cattle market
The spring cattle market was put to its first real test at many sale yards, but spare a thought for those yards sitting under the Level 4 lockdown, as they can still not yet open their gates.
Pukekohe, Tuakau and Wellsford fall in that area and potential vendors are frustrated by the continued closure of the Wellsford sale yards, PGG Wrightson Northland livestock manager Bernie McGahan says.
September 3, 2021
ACROSS THE RAILS: Sales yards test the water
Sales quietly kicked off this week on both the North and South Islands and it was a case of testing the water to see how they would go. No yards offered up exceptionally high tallies, but there was volume enough to gauge how Level 3 sales would operate.