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Nominations open for 2017 B+LNZ Sheep Industry Awards

May 5, 2017

Nominations are open for this year’s Beef + Lamb New Zealand Sheep Industry Awards which celebrate the people and the science which makes the industry world-leading. Beef + Lamb NZ (B+LNZ Ltd) chief executive Sam […]

Barber’s Wire: saleyard activity not helping lamb quality

May 4, 2017

In spite of pre-season protestations of good processor behaviour, the current environment means lamb procurement competition is tougher than it has been for several years. Circumstances have combined to produce a perfect storm. It isn’t […]

Barber’s Wire: objective carcase measurement – essential or just nice to have?

April 6, 2017

Objective carcase measurement (OCM) appears to be the holy grail for Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) judging by its plan to seek A$150 million from the Australian government to fund the installation of Dual Energy […]

MIA Focus: Bringing it all together at the meat industry workshop 2017

April 5, 2017

Food safety, quality and value research brought the meat industry together for two days of workshops on 15 and 16 March in Hamilton. It was another full-house – and waiting list – for the popular […]

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. […]

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