News that China is to allow Brazilian beef back into its markets shouldn’t derail the bull run the New Zealand industry is enjoying, says leading exporter Silver Fern Farms.

Rural trader PGG Wrightson has reported a half-year gross profit of $33.6 million, its best result in seven years. Group revenue was up 3% and net profit after tax increased to $19.7 million, up from $13.4 million for the same period last year.

A CHILLY first day kept the crowds away from Canterbury A&P Show on Wednesday last week but farm supply exhibitors told Rural News they’d received good enquiry nonetheless.

THE RED Meat industries, dairy, Zespri and the wider horticulture industry have all come out in support of the concluded FTA negotiations with Korea.

AUSTRALIAN RED meat farmers have a new market information tool – a smartphone app.

UK SHEEP farmers are expecting a good season for domestically produced lamb, according to their industry-good organisation Eblex.

SHEEP FARMERS have the opportunity to create momentum off the back of improving wool prices, says Sandra Faulkner, chairman of the Wool Levy Group.

THE AUTUMN break has arrived in Australia – a rarity in the past five years.

THE YEAR IS shaping up to be “intriguing” for the global dairy market with China the “wildcard”, says Rabobank.  

SUPPLIERS TO Hawkes Bay-based Lean Meats' Atkins Ranch Producer Group are set to get a $3.89 per lamb Christmas present in the last week of December.