Beef and Sheep

Sheep farming becomes ever more sophisticated as it adapts to tough circumstances.

The many properties just over the fence have meant some opportunities for the Moore family of Nelson, and some challenges.

Alliance CEO moots companies collaborating for the good of the sheepmeat industry.

Six practitioners band together to lift and maintain standards through newly launched NZ Cattle Hoof Trimmers Association.

Not everyone bought into the plate to pasture strategy, writes Allan Barber.

Appetite for NZ product helps offset China weakness.

A need to increase returns led one farmer to take a new look at his sheep. Now he has a mob of almost 1000 milking ewes.

Two mates working on the same station share how their same but different background is a winning formula.

Business-minded execs succeeded the tough guys and their bloody politics.

Seeking assurance deforestation regs won’t erode FTA gains.

As demand and price rise in US, Australia muscles back into the market.

A Hawke’s Bay beef farmer looks back on his regen journey to healthier pastures.

Wellsford sheep breeder Gordon Levet takes on the new dam safety regulations.

Farmers need to be weighing heifers after grazing to keep genetic gains.

Each farmer will make their own decisions about what’s right for them, but on my own farm we’ve reached a real turning point this season, writes Toby Williams.

Having tried it out, Ohinewairua Station puts on-farm selling on the roster.

World-first ‘Cool Sheep’ project gives every NZ sheep farmer the chance to use genetic selection to reduce GHG emissions.

Subdued waiting game’ for sheepmeat as it lags some way behind.

But is this lift a directional shift in demand – or is it driven by the lack of product out of New Zealand, asks Mel Croad.

Some comfort for NZ farmers as Australian producers slow offloading stampede.

Production headed for a fourth straight record year.

Hopes of a boost to sales from annual celebrations fail to materialise.

High costs meant it was never going to be a cracking season but the drier summer created some extra challenges for lamb traders and those selling store.

Long-established North Island studs Atahua and Wairere bringing heifers, cows and calves to market.

Hugh Stringleman takes a closer look at the trend after a summer in which trade in Wiltshires has dominated sheep sales.

Informing New Zealand Beef reaches halfway mark in seven-year programme.

Former minister Nathan Guy celebrates the export of excellent New Zealand lamb across the world, then and now.

Last of the annual ewe fairs for the region chalks up strong returns.

National Lamb Day has been embraced by the sheep and beef farmers who spend their days producing the celebrated New Zealand product.

Shipments of frozen lamb to Britain would help transform NZ’s economy.

Biggest drop in earnings came from Chinese market, with 16% plunge.

South Island ewe fairs return solid values in the context of the current market as relative scarcity plays its part.

Consultant questions whether the effort put into wool is worth the reward.

BLNZ ‘identifies significant opportunities for market growth’.

New access system speeds up plans for more than 20 NZ meat plants.

National Lamb Day encourages Kiwis to tuck into their favourite lamb dish.