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NEW ZEALAND farmers are eyeing the highly regarded title of the nation's most tasty and tender lamb.

NEW ZEALAND meat exports reached a record high of $5.3 billion in 2013-14 – up $480m on the previous season - driven by high average values.

MEAT COMPANIES that supply supermarkets and sell New Zealand lamb as a loss leader in the United Kingdom should lose their access to this valuable quota market, says Labour's Primary Industries spokesperson Damien O'Connor.

While dairy prices continue to slide, beef and lamb prices are firming.

BEEF + LAMB says the number of lambs tailed across New Zealand is down by 4.7% compared with last spring.

CANTERBURY FARMER Mike Ryan has taken out the 2013 Mint Lamb Competition, producing the country's best lamb from paddock to plate.

NEW ZEALAND LAMB will be showcased to millions of TV viewers in China following a Chinese group's visit to Alliance Group this week.

ALLIANCE GROUP will launch a new season programme exporting Pure South lamb to Brazil – the world's sixth largest economy and hosts of the 2016 Olympics - following a successful trial last year.

Last season's North Island drought has dented New Zealand's sheep and cattle numbers and this spring's lamb crop is expected to be 2 million lambs less – down 7.7% to 24.43 million head.

The New Zealand sheepmeat industry has been riding a 'rollercoaster of returns' in recent years, according to agribusiness banking specialist, Rabobank.