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A specially calendared Grown Cattle Fair brought out the cattle and the buyers with nearly 650 of the bovine attendees and a good number of Northern buyers on the bench.
Store lamb numbers eased back at Temuka this week but the prices headed in the other direction as the lambs coming forward were much heavier than last Monday.
There has been a decent lift in export lamb prices on the spot market as procurement competition lifts up a notch. Some companies lifted prices by 15c/kg this during last week.
New research shows the New Zealand sheep and beef sector has a much lighter environmental footprint than in the past.
ORGANISERS OF a second meeting calling for reform of the meat industry say the attendance and feedback strengthens their mandate.
GETTING A break-through trade policy that recognises a commitment to eliminating export subsidies through the 50-member World Farmers Organisation (WFO) had been “a battle”, says Federated Farmers president Bruce Wills.
MANY FARM animals associate food and the sound of a gate opening or a tractor or ute driving in a paddock. But on Fraser Gordon’s property east of Taihape it’s the sound of a chainsaw that excites livestock.
THE POOL of farming and agricultural service people prepared to take on cooperative governance roles just got a bit stronger with 27 delegates completing the LEADing Board course courtesy of the Burnside Hart Co-operative Education Trust and New Zealand Cooperatives Associaton.
THE MAORI dairy company Miraka, Taupo, has signed a multi-million dollar joint venture deal to produce UHT milk for the new owners of the Crafar farms, Shanghai Pengxin.
BEHIND CLOSED doors last week agribusiness companies discussed the successes and failures of their companies as they have tried to expand into overseas markets.
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DUCK SHOOTERS are being asked to show patience in the face of a shorter season in some regions, prompted by lower numbers of birds.
FEDERATED FARMERS is supporting plans to further investigate a major irrigation scheme for drought-prone Wairarapa.
THE DROUGHT looks likely to have wiped out Landcorp’s projected profits for the 2012/13 year ending in June.
OUR CHINA export story needs to “get a harder edge”, moving from talk to execution, says ANZ’s chief economist Cameron Bagrie.
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