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.

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.