Beef and Sheep
October red meat sales 14% down on year before
Not even a healthy rise in sheepmeat export volumes could save returns.
There’s more to a Wiltshire than ‘get and forget’
Demand has shot up for Wiltshires – but a breeder and a sheep scientist both say it’s important breeders and buyers heed some guidelines.
On-farm lamb sales get South Island hopping
A good growing season brought a bigger supply of lambs, and they drew the crowds to farms on the mainland.
Alliance is optimistic – but I have questions
Allan Barber sits down with Murray Taggart after the co-op’s ‘horror result’.
SFF warns lamb may have further to fall
Top brass bring the bad news to scores of suppliers in Gore meeting.
New Rabobank report a tale of two beef markets
Contrasting fortunes for northern and southern hemispheres.
Mutton stressed as lamb thanks to Aus export surge
Sheepmeat supplies reaching the global market from that quarter are putting pressure on export value.
Last call for cattle at Kauri saleyards
Calf sales will continue but it’s not worth refurbishing bigger pens, shareholders decide.
Look beyond tough start for lamb prices
You don’t have to go far to find a disgruntled sheep farmer, but it may help to remember that we are in the part of the pricing cycle that no one likes, Mel Croad says.
World’s best ribeye steak a Kiwi sizzler
Alliance Group fields top ribeye and best grass-fed steak at World Steak Challenge.
SFF takes a hard look at forecast prices as lamb prices dwindle
Company advises suppliers of significant drop in lamb outlook.
Have your say on advances in beef genetics
Responses to Informing New Zealand Beef survey help shape the future of the programme.
East Coast Farming Expo roster filling up
Farming smarter is the focus of February event.
Alliance nails down payments after outcry
Extension of loyalty programme had threatened to delay cash to farmers.
On Texel Island with its famous sheep
Emma Blom visits the birthplace of the celebrated breed in the Netherlands.
Headwinds toughen outlook for lamb
Plenty of options for buyers, but signals beyond the farmgate have them feeling cautious.
Vast Aus flock a threat to NZ sheepmeat sales
Good rains swell tallies to 79 million head, keeping international prices low.
The unintended consequences of the Emissions Trading Scheme
Land uses changes are threatening the national livestock tally and the viability of rural communities, Allan Barber says.
Glass urges DairyNZ to be ‘a lot braver’
Retiring director says courage will be needed to tackle future dairy industry challenges.
No end-of-season bounce for lamb prices
Export prices ease after a brief and modest recovery in August and September.
Steady Cheviot winning new fans all the time
Vigorous, hardy and clever: no wonder that in at least one respect they’re known as the Rolls-Royce of sheep breeds.
ANZCO Foods grills the competition at World Steak Challenge
Total of eight medals across nine cuts at event in the Netherlands.
Where will store lamb prices end up?
It’s not looking like a bumper start to the season for lamb or mutton, with export prices and competition between processors softer than usual for this time of the year.
Bumper lot of bulls beef up INZB programme
Positive response from breeders for across-breed Beef Progeny Test.
Aus red meat production steps up a level
In August, Australia shipped its largest ever monthly volume of sheepmeat, having made no secret of the fact that it is chasing after New Zealand for the top export slot.
Drench resistance ‘costing sheep sector $98m a year’
The days of farmers ‘simply assuming a triple drench will work’ are gone.
UK prices soften under Aussie sheepmeat wave
Cheap meat floods wholesale markets as FTA kicks in.
When times are tough Galloways carry the weight
What started as a hobby soon turned into a profitable venture for Waipukurau farmers.
Schoolgirl farmer finds her happy place
At the age of 14, North Canterbury’s Pieta Sidey has her own sheep stud.
SFF lamb estimate ‘suggests market confidence’
Top end of SFF forecast implies a lift in prices from current levels, says analyst.
Forestry conversions eat into ewe breeding flock
BLNZ attributes decline in part to land-use changes.
Red meat puts up bipartisan wish list for sector
Almost 40 recommendations for policies across trade, climate change, carbon farming, water and more.
SFF forecast underscores sheepmeat woes
Farmgate forecast substantially down on last year’s average.
Taking cattle breeding by the Shorthorn
A Shorthorn cattle breeder has come a long way from her first sale at sixteen.
Lambing early, lambing often
Ewe numbers are losing out to encroaching forestry, but the harassed-looking mothers are making up the difference in more multiples after being mated in the early first cycle.
Red meat export values for July dip
Long-term trend emerges of lower tonnage of sheepmeat exports and an increase in beef exports.
Merino cushions fall on Rakaia spread
Some income stability ‘is good news in a year like this’.
New-season lamb outlook follows same grim trend set by dairy
Fonterra lowered its forecast farmgate milk price twice in August, as markets struggle with post-covid recovery and weaker economic activity.
Red meat more than just a protein story
Product has a vital role in global supply of nutrients, conference told.
Will 2024 bring a bullish US beef market?
Herd rebuilding in the US was widely expected to tighten supply this year. Instead slaughter rates have approached record levels.
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