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NZ Sheep Producer of the Decade chosen

March 10, 2017

The producer of New Zealand’s most consistently tender and tasty lamb in the last 10 years has been announced today at the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Golden Lamb Awards, aka the Glammies. For the […]

Barber’s Wire: Meat companies and union adapt to changing times

March 8, 2017

The heyday of union representation in the meat industry was more than a quarter of a century ago, but the union still has good coverage across the industry. The decline of stock volumes, closure of […]

2017 Glammies: Search for NZ’s best lamb heats up

February 28, 2017

The much anticipated finalists in the 2017 Beef + Lamb New Zealand Golden Lamb Awards (aka The 2017 Glammies) have been announced today. Twenty finalists across the nation have made the cut and being a […]

Barber’s Wire: NZ red meat sector lacks scale to compete globally

December 7, 2016

At the risk of flogging a dead horse, Allan Barber thinks it’s worth looking at the NZ red meat sector in the context of the global industry when trying to analyse whether it could or should […]

New national farm assurance programme for the red meat sector

October 13, 2016

At long last New Zealand is to have a single farm assurance programme for its sheep, beef and deer farmers. Lowering farmer costs and reducing duplication are at the heart of a new farm audit system […]

Prime Cut: New meat export season ahoy

September 22, 2016

We’re quickly heading towards the 1 October start of New Zealand’s 2016-2017 new meat export season. Despite the rapidly changing world scene for those exports, the nearly $8 billion red meat industry seems to be in good spirits. […]

Beef producers cautioned to look beyond the price peak

September 14, 2016

New Zealand beef producers are being cautioned to look beyond the current high-priced environment, with near-record prices unlikely to be sustained in the medium to long-term according to a new industry report. In its latest […]

Barber’s Wire: Russian meat industry bankruptcies predicted

August 29, 2016

Just in case we think our meat industry has problems, they would appear to be nothing like as bad as those predicted for Russian meat companies, writes Allan Barber. An article which first appeared in […]

Auckland greets the red meat sector

August 9, 2016

The red meat sector gathered for the sixth time at its annual Red Meat Sector Conference, held in late July in Auckland and organised by the Meat Industry Association (MIA) and Beef + Lamb NZ (B+LNZ), […]

Different biosecurity levy for dairy farmers

August 8, 2016

New Zealand’s dairy farmers are to be charged a higher share for tuberculosis (TB) eradication when sending stock for meat processing. New Zealand’s meat processors have for some years collected a single uniform biosecurity levy […]

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