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Cricketers’ company spins NZ lamb onto airlines’ menus
Premium airline travellers departing India are now being served Pure South lamb from New Zealand.
Rosy outlook for lamb
Lamb prices are likely to flatten off a little, but stay pretty much towards current levels, says Beef+Lamb chief economist Andrew Burtt.
Outlook for meat remains rosy
The apparent ease with which the global lamb markets have been able to absorb extra volumes from New Zealand and Australia indicates demand remains very strong, a Rabobank report says.
Giant lamb chop on the hop
A giant lamb chop is on a Tiki Tour of New Zealand as part of the National Lamb Day celebrations.
Fat-bottom girls gain attention
The introduction of the Beltex breed to the New Zealand sheep industry is off to a flying start: the breed’s inaugural sale drew a price believed to be a New Zealand record for any crossbred ram lamb.
Red meat receipts reach record high
Red meat export receipts reached a record high for the December quarter of the 2017-18 season.
Chilled beef for China
Meat company Silver Fern Farms is launching the first sea-freight container shipment of chilled beef as well as multiple air-freight orders of beef and lamb set for Chinese customers.
$600m in NZ meat industry takeovers
Almost $600 million flowed into the meat industry from outside New Zealand in the last 18 months.
Lamb turns the corner
Markets for New Zealand lamb have performed strongly for the last six months, says Affco general manager Andy Leonard.
Iran meat trade is back
The first New Zealand lamb to be sent to Iran in 25 years will be cut and packed into containers at the Wellington meat processing company of Taylor Preston later this week.