Country’s best steak found
An Angus sirloin from the farm of Forbes and Angus Cameron in Ashhurst, Manawatu has picked up the Steak of Origin award for nation's most tender and tasty steak.
Paralympic multiple gold medallist Sophie Pascoe will join Sarah Walker and Lisa Carrington as the new faces of Beef + Lamb New Zealand.
The trio form the next generation of Iron Maidens, following in the footsteps of Sarah Ulmer, Georgina Earl (nee Evers-Swindell) and Caroline Meyer (nee Evers-Swindell).
Beef + Lamb New Zealand CEO, Rod Slater, says Pascoe completes the team.
"She has it all; the New Zealand public love her," says Slater.
"Sophie fits seamlessly into the Beef + Lamb brand. We really are seeing the second generation of superstars following on from the original Iron Maidens"
Pascoe says she's really excited to be part of the team.
"I'm thrilled, especially to be working with two other amazing athletes. We all get on so well, it's going to be great," says Pascoe.
The Iron Maidens will form the basis of Beef + Lamb New Zealand's next marketing campaign.
Kiwis can expect to see Pascoe, Walker and Carrington on their television screens from November.
Meat Industry Association (MIA) independent chair Nathan Guy says getting meat processors involved has been a shot in the arm for the sector's key marketing initiative into China, Taste Pure Nature.
Listed carpet manufacturer, Bremworth is undertaking a $6 million expansion at its Napier plant more than two years after the site was heavily damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Federated Farmers is vowing to keep the big banks accountable for their actions and to continue pushing for meaningful change in the rural lending sector.
Farmer perceptions of current economic conditions have risen to their highest level in almost a decade.
Two butcheries have claimed victory at the 100% New Zealand Bacon & Ham Awards for 2025.
A Taupiri farming company has been convicted and fined $52,500 in the Hamilton District Court for the unlawful discharge of dairy effluent into the environment.
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