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.

MPI HAS given the green light for lamb exports to India and one processor will have products in five-star Indian hotels by the end of this year.

SCOTT CHAMPION, chief executive of Beef + Lamb NZ (BLNZ), says the financial crisis in the US has led to a demand for New Zealand ground beef.

There is very little price support now for lamb prices at the farm-gate with meat company demand now waning as the Easter chilled trade draws to an end.

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.

RURAL RETAILER Farmlands says it has taken another step in its quest to become the North Island's dominant player.