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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.

A giant lamb chop is on a Tiki Tour of New Zealand as part of the National Lamb Day celebrations.

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 export receipts reached a record high for the December quarter of the 2017-18 season.

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.

Almost $600 million flowed into the meat industry from outside New Zealand in the last 18 months.

Markets for New Zealand lamb have performed strongly for the last six months, says Affco general manager Andy Leonard.

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.

Pure South lamb from Alliance Group is now on the menu of a growing number of five-star hotels and in high-end retail stores in India as marketing in the world’s second most populous nation gathers pace.

National Lamb Day should be in spring and as high profile as the annual Bluff oyster launch, a Helensville field day heard.