Crossbred wool prices at this week's wool auction in the South Island continued to show some stability which is a welcome change for growers.

Store lamb numbers were boosted at Stortford on Wednesday by a number of lines of Chathams lambs which were mainly in very good order.

When LFTB or "pink slime" was taken off the market (a substitute for lean beef) end users had to fill the void. Demand for US domestic fresh soared

While few dairy farms have currently been affected by the Tongariro eruption, DairyNZ wants farmers to be aware of the hazard to animals from ash.

Fonterra's $45 million tanker fleet upgrade is the biggest build in the cooperative's history.

Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Willy Leferink is saddened by Colin Armer's exit from Fonterra board.

Welcome rain at Temuka set the scene for today's sale and if the forecasters have got it right and it continues through to Friday it will really set farmers up right for Spring.

The wet weather around the North Island this week and last has slowed store cattle trading even further.

The iFarm lamb procurement indicator measures the current lamb farmgate price as a percentage of the UK leg price when brought back into NZ dollars.

Droughts in the US are forcing farmers to slaughter more stock and this is dragging down US domestic beef prices.

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