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Halal products are adding up to 30-40c/kg to beef returns, says Greenlea Premier Meats managing director Tony Egan.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer's (IARC) recent classification of red meat likely being carcinogenic could benefit New Zealand meat exports.

Making the switch from dairying to bull farming several years ago was not the shift all Bruce Kinloch's neighbours would have considered, says Rumensin supplier Elanco.

New zealand beef export returns reached a record high, exceeding lamb and mutton returns for the first time in 20 years in the season ending September 30, analysis by Beef + Lamb New Zealand's economic service shows.

Research shows 89% of supermarket consumers in international markets consider the country of origin when deciding which beef to purchase.

Beef exports are up 46%($61 million) in August 2015 compared with August 2014, says Statistics New Zealand.

As the New Zealand dairy industry has expanded rapidly in recent years so too has the dairy support farm.

US beef and pork producers are bemoaning their lack of access to the huge Chinese market.

After the drought-induced decline in the US beef cowherd in recent years, the industry is making amends and rebuilding its depleted numbers.

One dairy industry stalwart has had enough and is switching to beef farming.