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The proof of the pudding will be in the eating following the Wool Summit, says Feds meat and wool industry group chairman Miles Anderson. 

Farmers hope next week’s wool summit in Wellington will bring much needed action for New Zealand’s wool industry. 

The move into the cooler seasons brings with it an unwanted guest – the sheep louse. 

The shearing industry must move now to stave off the threat of farmers being unable to get their sheep shorn, says Mark Barrowcliffe, president of the NZ Shearing Contractors Association.

Rising prospects for sheepmeat make it worth spending money on flock health, says animal health company Boehringer Ingelheim.

The first student to have won a NZ Agricultural Fieldays Sir Don Llewellyn Scholarship is now working in the flourishing sheep milk industry, one he says is growing fast into a viable new industry for NZ.

A fortnightly online wool auction modelled on the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) will go live for the first trading event on May 22.

Meat processor Alliance Group is reporting promising outcomes from a pilot programme marketing hogget as a premium product.

A calm temperament in ewes improves ovulation rate and successful pregnancies, according to a study published by The University of Western Australia (UWA). 

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.