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Messaging confusing – butchers
All of the country’s small butchers can operate contactless home delivery services under the current COVID-19 lockdown rules.
COVID-19: Meat processing delays forecast
COVID-19 will continue to impact heavily on the ability of farmers to get stock killed during April and May.
COVID-19: Butchers now allowed to process pork
Red meat exports top $921 million in February
COVID-19 had little impact on NZ sheepmeat and beef exports in February, says the Meat Industry Association (MIA).
Pork farmers want butchers to start trading
Pig farmers want the Government to allow independent butchers to resume trading immediately and help avoid an animal welfare crisis on farms.
COVID-19: Meat processing protocol and advice for farmers
Farmers are being urged to act now in response to new COVID-19 protocols for processing companies that will impact processing capacity.
Ag’s biggest threat during COVID-19 pandemic
The biggest threat to the primary sector – right now – is if COVID-19 gets into a processing plant, says Mike Petersen, former special trade envoy and Beef + Lamb chair.
COVID-19: Meat plants’ capacity down, prices under threat
COVID-19: Advice for the meat industry
Beef + Lamb NZ (B+LNZ) has released a series of documents to assist farmers in operating under Alert 4.